Damaged Like Me by Kimberly Dark
That which damages us can make us stronger, smarter, more compassionate, and ready to build something better.People who have been damaged, thrown away, marginalized, or traumatized are more capable of apprehending social patterns, precisely because they've needed to be aware and vigilant about how the world works. For too long, those who rely on long-held rights and entitlement have claimed that others are biased about the very topics on which they have expertise. Damaged Like Me is a series of essays and stories that reveal a complex social landscape. It shows how possible and vital it is to build roads to a more equitable and loving collective culture that includes body sovereignty, racial justice, gender equity/liberation, and much more. It does so by relying on the insights and approaches to knowledge production of those on the receiving end of inequity and violence, those whose "objectivity" on issues of oppression has been consistently maligned despite their having the most to teach us.
Kimberly Dark is a writer, educator, and raconteur who is dedicated to exposing the hidden architecture of everyday life so that we can all recognize our influences and recover our power as social producers. Her stories and poetry have been performed in hundreds of venues throughout the world, and her writings have appeared in a variety of professional and popular periodicals. She is the co-editor of Ways of Being in Teaching (Sense, 2017) and the author of Love and Mistakes (Puna Publishing, 2018). She teaches Sociology and the Cal State Summer Arts Program at Cal State San Marcos.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849354141 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849354146 |
| Title | Damaged Like Me |
| Author | Kimberly Dark |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | AK Press |
| Year published | 2021-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 230 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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