{"product_id":"damaged-like-me-essays-on-love-harm-and-transformation-paperback","title":"Damaged Like Me: Essays on Love, Harm, and Transformation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKimberly Dark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat which damages us can make us stronger, smarter, more compassionate, and ready to build something better.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople 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. \u003cem\u003eDamaged Like Me\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKimberly Dark\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, professor, and raconteur. She has written award-winning plays, and taught and performed for a wide range of audiences in various countries over the past two decades. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFat, Pretty, and Soon to be Old\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Daddies\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLove and Errors\u003c\/i\u003e; and co-editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eWays of Being in Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.95 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160160923879,"sku":"9781849354141","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/c83c06636e6b00a5fb9593f724566792.webp?v=1780558381","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/damaged-like-me-essays-on-love-harm-and-transformation-paperback","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}