Reviews for My American history

The average rating for My American history based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-02-03 00:00:00 Jisang Kim Eerie at the dawn of the Trump era to look back at Schulman at the dawn of the Clinton era compiling work from the dawn of the Reagan era. The more things change, the more they stay the same. A neat compilation of Schulman's newspaper and small press non-fiction work on the women's movement and AIDS activism throughout the 1980s, with "contemporary" commentary from her in the early 90s. Captures the immediate destruction and the slow devastation of right-wing policies that sadly continue to this day. Also captures Schulman's evolution and maturation as a writer, thinker and activist. If one thing has remained constant for her, it's her devotion to truth. She's paid a price for that conviction, but reading this lets us reap the rewards. The snippets at the end on the formation and guiding principles of the Lesbian Avengers is worth the price of admission alone. Their manual is priceless for anyone working to change the world through direct action. This book really should be back in print with a new introduction. A must-read for any activist today fighting against the same right-wing policies of destruction and devastation.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-04-09 00:00:00 Daniel Jaconetti I would say this is five-star as source material for the historical era it's describing, but as something to read straight through, a lot is essays/talks produced for particular moments/audiences. Sometimes therefore a little repetitive. Nonetheless important.