Description
Book SynopsisFrom the shutdown of Planned Parenthood clinics and rising rates of HIV to opposition to marriage equality and bathroom bills, the New South is the epicenter of the new sex wars. Antagonism toward reproductive freedom, partner rights, and transgender rights has revealed a new and unacknowledged era of southern reconstruction centered on gender and sexuality. In A Dirty South Manifesto, L.H. Stallings celebrates the roots of radical sexual resistance in the New Southa movement that is antiracist, decolonial, and transnational. For people within economically disenfranchised segments of society, those in sexually marginalized communities, and the racially oppressed, the South has been a sexual dystopia. Throughout this book, Stallings delivers hard-hitting manifestos for the new sex wars. With her focus on contemporary Black southern life, Stallings offers an invitation to anyone who has ever imagined a way of living beyond white supremacist heteropatriarchy.
Trade Review"An excellent addition to the existing literature on reproductive rights and sexual freedom." * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *
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A Dirty South Manifesto is thoughtful and thought-provoking, and it is funny and heart-breaking at the same time." * Resources for Gender & Women's Studies: A Feminist Review *
Table of ContentsOverview
Introduction
Slow Tongue Manifesto
Chapter 1
Dirt Manifesto
Chapter 2
Geophukit Manifesto
Chapter 3
T.R.A.P. (The Ratchet Alliance for Prosperity)
Manifesto
Chapter 4
WeUsIOurU Future Pronouns Manifesto
Chapter 5
Honeysuckle, Not Honey Sucka! Manifesto
Coda
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
Key Figures
Selected Bibliography
