Research Catalog

Title

The revolution starts at home : confronting intimate violence within activist communities / edited by Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ; preface by Andrea Smith.

Publication

Brooklyn, NY : South End Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors

• Chen, Ching-In, 1978-
• Dulani, Jai.
• Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi, 1975-

Description

xxxvi, 325 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The extent of the violence affecting our communities is staggering. Nearly one in three women in the United States will experience intimate violence in her lifetime. And while intimate violence affects relationships across the sexuality and gender spectrums, the likelihood of isolation and irreparable harm, including death, is even greater within LGBTQI communities. To effectively resist violence out there--in the prison system, on militarized borders, or during other clear encounters with "the system"--we must challenge how it is reproduced right where we live. It's one thing when the perpetrator is the police, the state, or someone we don't know. It's quite another when that person is someone we call friend, lover, mentor, trusted ally. Based on the popular zine that had reviewers and fans alike demanding more, The Revolution Starts at Home finally breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the "open secret" of intimate violence--by and toward caretakers, in romantic partnerships, and in friendships--within social justice movements. This watershed collection compiles stories and strategies from survivors and their allies, documenting a decade of community accountability work and delving into the nitty-gritty of creating safety from abuse without relying on the prison industrial complex. Fearless, tough-minded, and ultimately loving, The Revolution Starts at Home offers potentially life-saving alternatives for creating survivor safety while building a movement where no one is left behind." --Publisher description.

Subject

• Intimate partner violence
• Same-sex partner abuse

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Safety at the intersections of intimate, community & state violence -- Reclaiming queer & trans safety / Morgan Bassichis -- Ending oppression : building solidarity : creating community solutions / Meiver De la Cruz & Carol Gomez -- Understanding & confronting violence against sex workers : a roundtable discussion / Miss Major, Jessica Yee & Mariko Passion -- Believing survivors & facing down the barrel of the gun / Alexis Pauline Gumbs (UBUNTU) -- The secret joy of accountability : self-accountability as a building block for change / Shannon Perez-Darby -- Seeking asylum : on intimate partner violence & disability / Peggy Munson -- There is another way / Ana-Maurine Lara -- (re)claiming body, (re)claiming space(re)claiming body, (re)claiming -- Space : manifesto / Vanessa Huang -- Without my consent / Bran Fenner -- A sliding stance / N -- When your parents made you / Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha -- Freedom & strategy : trauma & resistance / Timothy Colm -- Community power : move up, move back -- Beautiful, difficult, powerful : ending sexual assault through transformative justice / The Chrysalis Collective -- Making our stories matter : the storytelling & organizing project (stop) / Rachel Herzing & Isaac Ontiveros -- What does it feel like when change finally comes? : male supremacy, accountability & transformative justice / Guarav Jashnani, RJ Maccani & Alan Greig -- The challenging male supremacy project (cms) -- Movement building starts with healthy relationships -- Transforming silence into action (tsia) in Asian Pacific Islander lbqt communities / Orchid Pusey & Gita Mehrotra -- Think : re-think -- accountable communities / Connie Burk.

ISBN

• 9780896087941 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0896087948 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010054160

OCLC

601132720

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library