Roxane Gay

<b>Challenge</b><b>your</b><b>biases</b><b>and</b><b>broaden</b><b>your</b><b>understanding </b><b>of power and how we wield it with this essential guide.</b><br/> <br/>Power is complex. But <i>Do The Work </i>is a guide to navigating those complexities. From ancient theories of power to contemporary examples, from cultural patterns to personal insights, this guide provides a foundation for examining hierarchies and inequalities and establishes a framework for understanding power and how it shapes our lives and communities.<br/> <br/>Between these pages, theory, commentary, and analysis create an engaging, creative, and mindful reading experience. This guide features approachable overviews of complex topics, thought-provoking questions, evocative illustrations, pages for your reflections, and steps we can all take to reframe our relationship to power and reinvigorate our desire to empower the people around us.<br/> <br/>Thanks to the work of writer and scholar Megan Pillow, educator and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Roxane Gay, and <i>New York Times </i>bestselling illustrator Aurélia Durand, <i>Do The Work </i>is a must-read for a more just future-and a more equitable now.<br/> <br/><br/><b><i>Do The Work</i> asks:</b><br/><br/>- What can we learn about power from history and from our current moment?<br/>- Who are the powerful, and who are the people denied power?<br/>- Where are our own sources of power?<br/>- How do we recognize our mistakes and become more self-aware?<br/>- What does it mean to reclaim our power and to build community?<br/><br/><b><i>Do The Work </i>explains:</b><br/><br/>- How theorists from Aristotle to Hannah Arendt have shaped our understanding of power<br/>- Why Kimberlé Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality is at the heart of power discussions<br/>- What Laura Mulvey and Audre Lorde can teach us about power and gender<br/>- How poverty, redlining, and The Voting Rights Act all illustrate power imbalances<br/>- What the Stonewall Riots showed us about resistance and community<br/>- How to train ourselves in collective thinking, and what it means to "choose the margins"