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Let the Record Show
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 | Sarah Schulman
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. "This is not reverent, definitive history. This is a tacticians bible." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "A masterpiece of historical research and intellectual analysis that creates many windows into both a vanished world and the one that emerged from it, the one we live in now." --Alexander Chee Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it took on the AIDS crisis with an indefatigable, ingenious, and multifaceted attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. They stormed the FDA and NIH in Washington, DC, and started needle exchange programs in New York; they took over Grand Central Terminal and fought to change the legal definition of AIDS to include women; they transformed the American insurance industry, weaponized art and advertising to push their agenda, and battledand beatThe New York Times, the Catholic Church, and the pharmaceutical industry. Their activism, in its complex and intersectional power, transformed the lives of people with AIDS and the bigoted society that had abandoned them. Based on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for todays activists, Let the Record Show is a revelatory explorationand long-overdue reassessmentof the coalitions inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture. Schulman, one of the most revered queer writers and thinkers of her generation, explores the how and the why, examining, with her characteristic rigor and bite, how a group of desperate outcasts changed America forever, and in the process created a livable future for generations of people across the world.
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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I am DNF'ing this #DoubleSpin, taking it off my TBR. It isn't the books fault.
W/ the state of the world, this is just too much. The death, people standing by ignoring, activists screaming for attention. I have read much about this story &while I am in awe of ACT UP I just can't read it at this time
I feel a big reading slump coming on and think this next month is going to be hard while I struggle w/ the remaining books I wanted to read in 2023.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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#weeklyforecast

I took out the tagged in audio to help me along with it. It looks huge but is really only 700 pages with 50 of that being appendix.

I read half of the Charm Offensive yesterday, hoping to finish it today, I am really enjoying it.

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RebL
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Just out of high school a classmate with cancer died of pneumonia. Just a few years ago, a coworker died of HIV/AIDS. Living that 30 year stretch, I remember the big events of this book, but putting them all together was something else.
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I read this chunkster after seeing a post by @AlizaApp. My plan was to challenge my perspectives on advocacy, which I did. My preference was (& still is) somewhere between Roberts Rules & chaos.

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REPollock
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Important reading. I got this from NetGalley when it came out but was too depressed to read it. Now though, let‘s go.

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An immersive and extensive history of ACT UP, with tons of interviews and insider information, written by someone who lived it. Schulman challenges the representations of ACT UP and AIDS in popular culture, highlights the shortcomings of the organization and its leadership, and shines a light on some truly remarkable accomplishments.

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WanderingBookaneer
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These are all the books I feel like reading right now, so I brought them all out to the hammock to decide.

rabbitprincess Wow! Lots to choose from! 3y
Traci1 Ooh! That's a great stack. 😍 3y
Cailey_Mac I would do exactly the same thing😅 3y
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