{"product_id":"burn-it-down-isbn-9781788735391","title":"Burn It Down!","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A must-read, an antidote to powerlessness, a literary companion for the ages.\"\u003cbr\u003e–Michelle Tea, author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Editors' Choice\"\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos, chronicling rage and dreams from the nineteenth century to the present day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA landmark collection spanning two centuries and four waves of feminist activism and writing, \u003ci\u003eBurn It Down!\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to what is possible when women are driven to the edge. The manifesto—raging, demanding, quarreling and provocative—has always been central to feminism, and it’s the angry, brash feminism we need now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Collecting over seventy-five manifestos from around the world, Burn It Down! is a rallying cry and a call to action. Among this confrontational sisterhood, you’ll find the \u003ci\u003eDyke Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e by the Lesbian Avengers, \u003ci\u003eThe Ax Tampax Poem Feministo\u003c\/i\u003e by the Bloodsisters Project, \u003ci\u003eThe Manifesto of Apocalyptic Witchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e by Peter Grey, Simone de Beauvoir’s pro-abortion \u003ci\u003eManifesto of the 343\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDouble Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female\u003c\/i\u003e by Frances M. Beal, and many more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Feminist academic and writer Breanne Fahs argues that we need manifestos in all their urgent rawness, for it is at the bleeding edge of rage and defiance that new ideas are born.\u003ci\u003ePreface to the Paperback Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. The Bleeding Edge: On the Necessity of Feminist Manifestos\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBreanne Fahs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Source Material\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. QUEER\/TRANS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Queer\/Trans\u003cbr\u003e1. I Want a President (1992)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eZoe Leonard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Queer Nation Manifesto: Queers Read This (1990)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eACT UP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. The Woman Identified Woman (1970)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eRadicalesbians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Dyke Manifesto (1992)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLesbian Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Do Approach (excerpt) (1971)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eJill Johnston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Gay Liberation Front Manifesto (excerpt) (1971)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Gay Liberation Front\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. The Effeminist Manifesto (1973)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSteven F. Dansky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJohn Knoebel and Kenneth Pitchford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Undoing Borders: A Queer Manifesto (excerpt) (2007)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eHAVOQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. The Transfeminist Manifesto (excerpt) (2001)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eEmi Koyama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Pajama Femme Manifesto (2011)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eKatie Tastrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Lesbian Mafia Manifesto (2007)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Lesbian Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Boyfunk Manifesto (2002)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBoyfunk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Manifesto for a New Feminist Presence (2007)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eEskalera Karakola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. ANTICAPITALIST\/ANARCHIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Anticapitalist\/Anarchist\u003cbr\u003e14. Anarchy and the Sex Question (1896)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eEmma Goldman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Call to Women’s International Strike (2017)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eNi Una Menos (Not One Less)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Wages against Housework (1974)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSilvia Federici\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. The Singles Manifesto (1974)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eMarie Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18. Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation (excerpt) (2015)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLaboria Cuboniks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19. Anarchafeminist Manifesto (1982)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eAnarchafeminist International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. American Beasts (2017)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eD.M.D.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21. Radical Women Manifesto Platform (excerpt) (1967\/2001)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eRadical Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e22. Refugia: Manifesto for Becoming Autonomous Zones (2002)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003esubRosa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e23. Altwoke Manifesto (2017)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eAnonymous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e24. A Feminist Manifesto for the 21st Century (2010)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLindsey German and Nina Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. ANGRY\/VIOLENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Angry\/Violent\u003cbr\u003e25. I Am as Strong as Any Man (1851)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSojourner Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e26. Redstockings Manifesto (1969)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eRedstockings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27. The Feminist Manifesto (1914)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eMina Loy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e28. SCUM Manifesto (1967)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eValerie Solanas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e29. The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution (excerpt) (1970)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eShulamith Firestone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e30. Intercourse (excerpt) (1987)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eAndrea Dworkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e31. Nope (2016)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eE. Jane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e32. Grand Canyon (2004)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eAni DiFranco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. INDIGENOUS\/WOMEN OF COLOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Indigenous\/Women of Color\u003cbr\u003e33. The Combahee River Collective Statement (1977)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eCombahee River Collective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e34. Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female (1970)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eFrances M. Beal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e35. The Sisters Reply (1968)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePatricia Haden, Sue Rudolph, Joyce Hoyt, Rita Van Lew, Catherine Hoyt, and Patricia Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e36. The Feminist Manifesto (1907)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eHe-Yin Zhen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e37. Zapatista Women’s Revolutionary Laws (1994)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eZapatista Army of National Liberation (Zapatistas)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e38. The Black Movement and Women’s Liberation (1970)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLinda La Rue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e39. Not Murdered, Not Missing: Rebelling against Colonial Gender Violence (2014)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLeanne Betasamosake Simpson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e40. Manifesto of the Erased: Mujeres, Decolonize El Dios Americano (2015)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eCrystal Zaragoza\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e41. The Wild Poet’s Manifesto (2012)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSusan Hawthorne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e42. Black Lives Matter Platform (2016)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBlack Lives Matter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. SEX\/BODY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Sex\/Body\u003cbr\u003e43. Vaginal Orgasm as a Mass Hysterical Survival Response (1968)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eTi-Grace Atkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e44. Fat Liberation Manifesto (1973)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eJudy Freespirit and Aldebaran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e45. Manifesto of the 343 (1971)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e46. Ax Tampax Poem Feministo (1996)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eadee (The Bloodsisters Project)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e47. Occupy Menstruation (2018)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSusan Stenson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e48. A Letter to the Man Who Tried to Rape Me (2016)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eSara Roebuck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e49. Why I Am Pro-Abortion, Not Just Pro-Choice (2015)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eValerie Tarico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e50. The Countersexual Manifesto (excerpt) (2000)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePaul B. Preciado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e51. Feminist Manifesto to Support the Rights of Sex Workers (n.d.)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eFeminists for Sex Workers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e52. Masturbation Manifesto (1997)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBetty Dodson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e53. The GINK Manifesto (2010)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLisa Hymas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e54. Futurist Manifesto of Lust (1913)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eValentine de Saint-Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. HACKER\/CYBORG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Hacker\/Cyborg\u003cbr\u003e55. A Cyborg Manifesto (excerpt) (1991)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eDonna Haraway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e56. Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century (1991)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eVNS Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e57. cybertwee manifesto (2014)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGabriella Hileman, Violet Forest, and May Waver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e58. Waging Peace on the Internet (2001)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eOxblood Ruffin (Hacktivismo)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e59. A Hacker Manifesto (Version 4.0) (2004)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eMcKenzie Wark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e60. Yes Manifesto (2004)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eMette Ingvartsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e61. Radical Psychiatry Manifesto (1969)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eClaude Steiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. TRASHY\/PULP\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Trashy\/Punk\u003cbr\u003e62. RIOT GRRRL Manifesto (1991)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBikini Kill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e63. To Tramps, the Unemployed, the Disinherited, and Miserable (1884)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLucy E. Parsons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e64. TRASHGiRRRRLLLZZZ: A Manifesto for Misfit ToYZ (2016)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Broeder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e65. Women’s Art: A Manifesto (1973)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eVALIE EXPORT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e66. The Why Cheap Art? Manifesto (1984)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBread and Puppet Theater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e67. Pussy Manifesto (1999)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBitch and Animal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e68. I Don’t Want to Have to Compromise My Morals in Order to Make a Living (2013)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGrimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e69. The People Behind the Mop Buckets (2015)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e70. The Undercommons (2013)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eStefano Harney and Fred Moten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e71. Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto (excerpt) (2017)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eJessa Crispin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII. WITCHY\/BITCHY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Witchy\/Bitchy\u003cbr\u003e72. W.I.T.C.H. Manifesto (1968)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e- W.I.T.C.H.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e73. BITCH Manifesto (1968)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eJoreen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e74. Manifesto of Apocalyptic Witchcraft (2013)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePeter Grey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e75. Funeral Oration for the Burial of Traditional Womanhood (1968)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Kathie Amatniek Sarachild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e76. Truisms (excerpt) (1978–1987)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eJenny Holzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e77. A Manifesto (1970)\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eAgnes Denes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSources\u003c\/i\u003e\"An invaluable reminder of feminism's radical and revolutionary visions. It's also, to those least inclined to read it but most in need of doing so, a powerful threat.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Soraya Chemaly, author of \u003ci\u003eRage Becomes Her\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This exhilarating work of love and scholarship is a radiant gift to all who value liberation and justice. Reading it filled me with hope, inspiration and an electric connection to the angry, dissatisfied comrades who have come before me - as well my outraged contemporaries. A must-read, an antidote to powerlessness,  a literary companion for the ages.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Michelle Tea, author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In an age of platitudes and etsy-fied feminist empowerment products, Breanne Fahs gives us the uncompromising, the unruly, the ungovernable, the unpalatable. This book is a fiery reminder that the world does not change, we change the world.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jessa Crispin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Ladies Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This text is important historically and as a handbook for understanding and organizing today. Fahs has put together a collection that runs from the immediate and practical to the futuristic and abstract. In doing so, she reminds us that radical feminism is both utopian vision and practical argument.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ron Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eCounterpunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Learned and impassioned ... irreverent, scabrous and enraged, these manifestos also happen to be full of contradictions, written in the heat of the moment and without a cool eye to posterity. But it’s this rough-hewn immediacy that makes some of them so bracing to read, especially now.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jennifer Szalai, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful and inspiring\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Nina Burleigh, \u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Magnificently cathartic...a reminder of the power and importance of taking a position, asserting your rights and expressing them forcefully – and that we can take strength from these positions, appreciate them, disagree, and argue the nuances with equal force and passion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Hettie Judah, \u003ci\u003ei newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBurn It Down!\u003c\/i\u003e sweeps through time and across the globe.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Frankie Miren, \u003ci\u003eNew Socialist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Any Gender Studies professor who isn't teaching \u003ci\u003eBurn It Down!\u003c\/i\u003e is missing something important in their curriculum.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Megan Volpert, \u003cb\u003eBest Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential text for any time, but especially this one.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jane Caputi, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreanne Fahs\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University. She has published widely in feminist, social science, and humanities journals and has authored five books: \u003ci\u003ePerforming Sex\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eValerie Solanas\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOut for Blood\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFirebrand Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWomen, Sex, and Madness\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also coedited two volumes: \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Panics of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTransforming Contagion\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the Founder and Director of the Feminist Research on Gender and Sexuality Group at Arizona State University, and she also works as a clinical psychologist in private practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44886750200037,"sku":"NP9781788735391","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788735391.jpg?v=1767723200","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/burn-it-down-isbn-9781788735391","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}