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✌️ Counterculture

Chronicles of those who rejected the mainstream — from Beat poets to commune builders — and the movements that dared to imagine radically different ways of living.
Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman • 1971
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
3.60
4k+
🏴 Counterculture Manuals✊ Direct Action🎭 Culture Jamming
Steal This Book Summary
Steal This Book 90%
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
by Abbie Hoffman 1971
3.60
4k+ ratings
🏴 Counterculture Manuals✊ Direct Action🎭 Culture Jamming
Whole Earth
by John Markoff • 2022
One LSD trip, one catalog, and the man who connected the counterculture to the computer age.
3.90
242
🌻 Counterculture History🕸️ Systems Thinking🌍 Environmental Pragmatism
Whole Earth Summary
Whole Earth 90%
One LSD trip, one catalog, and the man who connected the counterculture to the computer age.
by John Markoff 2022
3.90
242 ratings
🌻 Counterculture History🕸️ Systems Thinking🌍 Environmental Pragmatism
X Saves the World
by Jeff Gordinier • 2008
The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.
3.45
636
👤 Gen X🎸 Alternative Culture🌱 Micro-Movements
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World 89%
The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.
by Jeff Gordinier 2008
3.45
636 ratings
👤 Gen X🎸 Alternative Culture🌱 Micro-Movements
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
by Don Lattin • 2010
Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.
3.92
2k+
🍄 Psychedelic History✌️ Counterculture Movement🧠 Altered States
The Harvard Psychedelic Club Summary
The Harvard Psychedelic Club 89%
Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.
by Don Lattin 2010
3.92
2k+ ratings
🍄 Psychedelic History✌️ Counterculture Movement🧠 Altered States
The Pursuit of Loneliness
by Philip Slater • 1970
America chose self-reliance. It got loneliness, and the hidden need for others is turning to rage.
4.08
287
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🇺🇸 American Culture🏚️ Social Alienation
The Pursuit of Loneliness Summary
The Pursuit of Loneliness 89%
America chose self-reliance. It got loneliness, and the hidden need for others is turning to rage.
by Philip Slater 1970
4.08
287 ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🇺🇸 American Culture🏚️ Social Alienation
The Intellectual Devotional
by David S. Kidder
365 readings on the 1960s: the decade that shaped modern America, in five minutes a day.
3.90
687
📚 Cultural Literacy🇺🇸 American History✌️ The 1960s
The Intellectual Devotional Summary
The Intellectual Devotional 89%
365 readings on the 1960s: the decade that shaped modern America, in five minutes a day.
by David S. Kidder
3.90
687 ratings
📚 Cultural Literacy🇺🇸 American History✌️ The 1960s
Mile Marker Zero
by William McKeen • 2011
1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.
3.93
567
🏝️ Island Life🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle🎨 Creative Communities
Mile Marker Zero Summary
Mile Marker Zero 89%
1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.
by William McKeen 2011
3.93
567 ratings
🏝️ Island Life🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle🎨 Creative Communities
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion • 1968
At the continent's edge, the American dream frays into murder, lost children, self-deception.
4.18
85k+
✍️ New Journalism🔍 Cultural Criticism🌸 California Counterculture
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Summary
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 89%
At the continent's edge, the American dream frays into murder, lost children, self-deception.
by Joan Didion 1968
4.18
85k+ ratings
✍️ New Journalism🔍 Cultural Criticism🌸 California Counterculture
Health and Safety
by Emily Witt • 2024
She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.
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2k+
🧪 Drug Experimentation🎶 Rave Culture🏙️ Urban Gentrification
Health and Safety Summary
Health and Safety 89%
She found transcendence in raves and drugs, then captivity in her partner's mental collapse.
by Emily Witt 2024
3.49
2k+ ratings
🧪 Drug Experimentation🎶 Rave Culture🏙️ Urban Gentrification
The Age of Abundance
by Brink Lindsey • 2007
Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.
3.51
134
🇺🇸 Postwar America💰 Mass Affluence⛪ Evangelical Politics
The Age of Abundance Summary
The Age of Abundance 88%
Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.
by Brink Lindsey 2007
3.51
134 ratings
🇺🇸 Postwar America💰 Mass Affluence⛪ Evangelical Politics
Role Models
by John Waters • 2010
Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.
4.07
8k+
🧑‍🎨 Outsider Art💅 Camp Sensibility🕯️ Cult Figures
Role Models Summary
Role Models 88%
Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.
by John Waters 2010
4.07
8k+ ratings
🧑‍🎨 Outsider Art💅 Camp Sensibility🕯️ Cult Figures
Rebel Sell
by Joseph Heath • 2004
The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.
3.84
2k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🏆 Status Competition🔄 Counterculture Critique
Rebel Sell Summary
Rebel Sell 88%
The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.
by Joseph Heath 2004
3.84
2k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🏆 Status Competition🔄 Counterculture Critique
I Used to Be Charming
by Eve Babitz • 2019
Eve Babitz captured 1960s LA. These late essays show what happened when the charm wore off.
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2k+
🌴 Los Angeles History✌️ American Counterculture📝 New Journalism
I Used to Be Charming Summary
I Used to Be Charming 88%
Eve Babitz captured 1960s LA. These late essays show what happened when the charm wore off.
by Eve Babitz 2019
4.13
2k+ ratings
🌴 Los Angeles History✌️ American Counterculture📝 New Journalism
The White Album
by Joan Didion • 1979
A writer, a psychiatric breakdown, and the California essays that defined an unraveling decade.
4.02
51k+
🔍 Cultural Criticism📰 New Journalism✌️ Sixties Counterculture
The White Album Summary
The White Album 88%
A writer, a psychiatric breakdown, and the California essays that defined an unraveling decade.
by Joan Didion 1979
4.02
51k+ ratings
🔍 Cultural Criticism📰 New Journalism✌️ Sixties Counterculture
SMiLE
by Domenic Priore • 2005
His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.
3.80
145
🎸 1960s Music📼 Lost Albums⚔️ Creative Differences
SMiLE Summary
SMiLE 88%
His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.
by Domenic Priore 2005
3.80
145 ratings
🎸 1960s Music📼 Lost Albums⚔️ Creative Differences
A Freewheelin' Time
by Suze Rotolo • 2008
The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.
3.85
4k+
🎵 Folk Music Revival🎸 Music Memoirs✌️ 1960s Counterculture
A Freewheelin' Time Summary
A Freewheelin' Time 88%
The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.
by Suze Rotolo 2008
3.85
4k+ ratings
🎵 Folk Music Revival🎸 Music Memoirs✌️ 1960s Counterculture
Mother American Night
by John Perry Barlow • 2018
Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.
4.18
760
🌵 Countercultural Memoir🎸 Grateful Dead🔐 Digital Rights
Mother American Night Summary
Mother American Night 88%
Before the Internet had a constitution, a Grateful Dead lyricist from Wyoming wrote one.
by John Perry Barlow 2018
4.18
760 ratings
🌵 Countercultural Memoir🎸 Grateful Dead🔐 Digital Rights
Flash
by Charles Duchaussois • 1971
A scarred Frenchman rides the hippie trail into opium and addiction's abyss.
4.31
2k+
💉 Drug Memoir🛤️ Hippie Trail🌀 Addiction Spiral
Flash Summary
Flash 88%
A scarred Frenchman rides the hippie trail into opium and addiction's abyss.
by Charles Duchaussois 1971
4.31
2k+ ratings
💉 Drug Memoir🛤️ Hippie Trail🌀 Addiction Spiral
Culture Jam
by Kalle Lasn • 1999
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
3.63
2k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam 88%
The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.
by Kalle Lasn 1999
3.63
2k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🏢 Corporate Power📺 Media Criticism
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
by Adrian Shirk • 2022
Utopia is a practice, not a place. Three centuries of Americans building communities from scratch.
3.93
215
🗺️ Memoir Of Place🛖 Intentional Communities🗽 American Utopianism
Heaven Is a Place on Earth Summary
Heaven Is a Place on Earth 88%
Utopia is a practice, not a place. Three centuries of Americans building communities from scratch.
by Adrian Shirk 2022
3.93
215 ratings
🗺️ Memoir Of Place🛖 Intentional Communities🗽 American Utopianism
The Culture of Narcissism
by Christopher Lasch • 1978
The self-obsessed aren't full of themselves. They're empty, and the culture keeps them that way.
3.96
4k+
🧐 Cultural Criticism🇺🇸 Postwar America🏚️ Social Atomization
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism 88%
The self-obsessed aren't full of themselves. They're empty, and the culture keeps them that way.
by Christopher Lasch 1978
3.96
4k+ ratings
🧐 Cultural Criticism🇺🇸 Postwar America🏚️ Social Atomization
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell • 1971
Steal credit cards, make bombs from bleach, vanish: the most dangerous manual of 1971.
3.51
3k+
🧨 Counter-Culture Manuals🏴 Insurrectionary Anarchism💣 Improvised Explosives
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook 88%
Steal credit cards, make bombs from bleach, vanish: the most dangerous manual of 1971.
by William Powell 1971
3.51
3k+ ratings
🧨 Counter-Culture Manuals🏴 Insurrectionary Anarchism💣 Improvised Explosives
The Plus
by Greg Gutfeld • 2020
Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.
3.98
1k+
🙃 Anti-Self-Help🎯 Cancel Culture🧠 Intellectual Humility
The Plus Summary
The Plus 88%
Cancel culture, mob thinking, and self-sabotage: one uncomfortable question takes on all three.
by Greg Gutfeld 2020
3.98
1k+ ratings
🙃 Anti-Self-Help🎯 Cancel Culture🧠 Intellectual Humility
Why Americans Hate Politics
by E.J. Dionne Jr. • 1991
The counterculture aimed to bury the right. It built the right a majority instead.
3.88
219
🏛️ American Conservatism🗳️ Political Realignment⚔️ Culture Wars
Why Americans Hate Politics Summary
Why Americans Hate Politics 88%
The counterculture aimed to bury the right. It built the right a majority instead.
by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991
3.88
219 ratings
🏛️ American Conservatism🗳️ Political Realignment⚔️ Culture Wars
Walden and Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau • 1849
A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.
3.93
39k+
🏞️ American Transcendentalism🌿 Nature Writing🏡 Simple Living
Walden and Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden and Civil Disobedience 88%
A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.
by Henry David Thoreau 1849
3.93
39k+ ratings
🏞️ American Transcendentalism🌿 Nature Writing🏡 Simple Living
Freak Kingdom
by Timothy Denevi • 2018
Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.
4.26
567
🧪 Gonzo Journalism🇺🇸 Us Political History✍️ Literary Biography
Freak Kingdom Summary
Freak Kingdom 88%
Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.
by Timothy Denevi 2018
4.26
567 ratings
🧪 Gonzo Journalism🇺🇸 Us Political History✍️ Literary Biography
Sex in the Heartland
by Bailey • 1999
The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.
3.74
157
❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution🌾 American Heartland🎓 Campus Culture
Sex in the Heartland Summary
Sex in the Heartland 88%
The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.
by Bailey 1999
3.74
157 ratings
❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution🌾 American Heartland🎓 Campus Culture
Zen and the Beat Way
by Alan W. Watts • 1900
The Beats rejected careers for passion. Zen had already figured out why that works.
4.07
280
🧘 Zen Buddhism📜 Beat Generation☯️ Eastern Philosophy
Zen and the Beat Way Summary
Zen and the Beat Way 87%
The Beats rejected careers for passion. Zen had already figured out why that works.
by Alan W. Watts 1900
4.07
280 ratings
🧘 Zen Buddhism📜 Beat Generation☯️ Eastern Philosophy
The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen
by Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz • 2008
Springsteen's songs as American gospel: theology found in dive bars, highways, and factory towns.
3.67
76
🎸 Rock Music📖 Pop Culture Theology🇺🇸 American Dream Critique
The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen Summary
The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen 87%
Springsteen's songs as American gospel: theology found in dive bars, highways, and factory towns.
by Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz 2008
3.67
76 ratings
🎸 Rock Music📖 Pop Culture Theology🇺🇸 American Dream Critique
Pink Floyd and Philosophy
by George A. Reisch • 2010
Pink Floyd's albums double as philosophy lectures on Marx, Camus, and the machinery of madness.
3.81
272
💭 Popular Philosophy🎸 Music Criticism💿 Album Analysis
Pink Floyd and Philosophy Summary
Pink Floyd and Philosophy 87%
Pink Floyd's albums double as philosophy lectures on Marx, Camus, and the machinery of madness.
by George A. Reisch 2010
3.81
272 ratings
💭 Popular Philosophy🎸 Music Criticism💿 Album Analysis
To Have or To Be?
by Erich Fromm • 1976
Two modes of existence divide us: one treats everything as property; the other, as living encounter.
4.18
14k+
🧠 Humanistic Psychology📖 Critical Theory🏛️ Frankfurt School
To Have or To Be? Summary
To Have or To Be? 87%
Two modes of existence divide us: one treats everything as property; the other, as living encounter.
by Erich Fromm 1976
4.18
14k+ ratings
🧠 Humanistic Psychology📖 Critical Theory🏛️ Frankfurt School
Do Every Thing Wrong!
by Jarett Kobek • 2018
A violent, fragile rapper became a mirror for an age of digital brutality and moral hypocrisy.
4.15
201
🎤 Hip-Hop Culture📰 Media Criticism💻 Internet Culture
Do Every Thing Wrong! Summary
Do Every Thing Wrong! 87%
A violent, fragile rapper became a mirror for an age of digital brutality and moral hypocrisy.
by Jarett Kobek 2018
4.15
201 ratings
🎤 Hip-Hop Culture📰 Media Criticism💻 Internet Culture
Skipping Towards Gomorrah
by Dan Savage • 2002
Sampling all seven sins to find happiness, and the moral hypocrites who want them banned.
3.81
3k+
🏃‍♂️ Pursuit Of Happiness🙈 Moral Hypocrisy🏳️‍🌈 Gay Pride
Skipping Towards Gomorrah Summary
Skipping Towards Gomorrah 87%
Sampling all seven sins to find happiness, and the moral hypocrites who want them banned.
by Dan Savage 2002
3.81
3k+ ratings
🏃‍♂️ Pursuit Of Happiness🙈 Moral Hypocrisy🏳️‍🌈 Gay Pride
Wonderland Avenue
by Danny Sugerman • 1989
Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.
4.25
3k+
🎸 Rock And Roll Excess💊 Addiction Recovery🌟 Celebrity Addiction
Wonderland Avenue Summary
Wonderland Avenue 87%
Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.
by Danny Sugerman 1989
4.25
3k+ ratings
🎸 Rock And Roll Excess💊 Addiction Recovery🌟 Celebrity Addiction
Basics of Resistance
by Claire Wolfe • 2018
The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.
4.04
67
🪧 Civil Resistance✊ Direct Action🕵️ Tradecraft
Basics of Resistance Summary
Basics of Resistance 87%
The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.
by Claire Wolfe 2018
4.04
67 ratings
🪧 Civil Resistance✊ Direct Action🕵️ Tradecraft
Smoke Signals
by Martin A. Lee • 2012
Cannabis was banned by politics, not science. Then the body revealed its own cannabinoid system.
4.29
537
🌿 Cannabis History⚔️ Drug War💊 Medical Marijuana
Smoke Signals Summary
Smoke Signals 87%
Cannabis was banned by politics, not science. Then the body revealed its own cannabinoid system.
by Martin A. Lee 2012
4.29
537 ratings
🌿 Cannabis History⚔️ Drug War💊 Medical Marijuana
Carpe Diem
by Roman Alexander Krznaric • 2017
Living fully was hijacked by shopping, scheduling, and screens. Five forgotten paths to reclaim it.
3.76
385
🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help✊ Political Activism💀 Death Awareness
Carpe Diem Summary
Carpe Diem 87%
Living fully was hijacked by shopping, scheduling, and screens. Five forgotten paths to reclaim it.
by Roman Alexander Krznaric 2017
3.76
385 ratings
🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help✊ Political Activism💀 Death Awareness
Nonbinary
by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021
Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.
4.00
577
🎸 Industrial Music📖 Countercultural Memoir🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity
Nonbinary Summary
Nonbinary 87%
Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.
by Genesis P-Orridge 2021
4.00
577 ratings
🎸 Industrial Music📖 Countercultural Memoir🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity
Dark Star Rising
by Gary Lachman • 2018
How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.
3.85
517
🔮 Occult Politics🌀 Postmodern Politics⚡ Chaos Magic
Dark Star Rising Summary
Dark Star Rising 87%
How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.
by Gary Lachman 2018
3.85
517 ratings
🔮 Occult Politics🌀 Postmodern Politics⚡ Chaos Magic
Reconnaissance Man
by Aaron Clarey • 2016
Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.
4.18
143
🗺️ Life Design🎓🚫 Anti-College🧭 Geographic Exploration
Reconnaissance Man Summary
Reconnaissance Man 87%
Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.
by Aaron Clarey 2016
4.18
143 ratings
🗺️ Life Design🎓🚫 Anti-College🧭 Geographic Exploration
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
4.25
6k+
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 87%
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
by Malaclypse the Younger 1965
4.25
6k+ ratings
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss
by Dennis McKenna • 2023
A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.
4.52
31
🍄 Psychedelic Culture🌿 Shamanism🌀 Altered States
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 87%
A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.
by Dennis McKenna 2023
4.52
31 ratings
🍄 Psychedelic Culture🌿 Shamanism🌀 Altered States
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
by Henry David Thoreau • 1866
Conscience, not law, is the highest authority. The original case for nonviolent resistance.
4.06
18k+
✊ Civil Disobedience🌿 American Transcendentalism🧍 Individualism
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays 87%
Conscience, not law, is the highest authority. The original case for nonviolent resistance.
by Henry David Thoreau 1866
4.06
18k+ ratings
✊ Civil Disobedience🌿 American Transcendentalism🧍 Individualism
The Cannabis Manifesto
by Steve DeAngelo • 2015
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
4.10
367
🏛️ Drug Policy Reform🌿 Cannabis Wellness⚖️ Racial Justice
The Cannabis Manifesto Summary
The Cannabis Manifesto 87%
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
by Steve DeAngelo 2015
4.10
367 ratings
🏛️ Drug Policy Reform🌿 Cannabis Wellness⚖️ Racial Justice
Aleister Crowley
by Gary Lachman • 2014
Before the 1960s, a Victorian magician wrote the rulebook for sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
3.44
583
🕯️ Occult Biography📜 Western Esotericism✨ Ceremonial Magic
Aleister Crowley Summary
Aleister Crowley 87%
Before the 1960s, a Victorian magician wrote the rulebook for sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
by Gary Lachman 2014
3.44
583 ratings
🕯️ Occult Biography📜 Western Esotericism✨ Ceremonial Magic
Religion and the Rebel
by Colin Wilson • 1957
The rebel craving spiritual intensity is not broken: he is civilization's healthy warning symptom.
4.08
249
📚 Cultural Criticism📜 Existentialist Thought🧠 Consciousness Expansion
Religion and the Rebel Summary
Religion and the Rebel 87%
The rebel craving spiritual intensity is not broken: he is civilization's healthy warning symptom.
by Colin Wilson 1957
4.08
249 ratings
📚 Cultural Criticism📜 Existentialist Thought🧠 Consciousness Expansion
Demanding the Impossible
by Peter H. Marshall • 1992
Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.
4.12
1k+
🏴 Anarchist Thought🌿 Spontaneous Order✊ Anti-Authoritarianism
Demanding the Impossible Summary
Demanding the Impossible 87%
Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.
by Peter H. Marshall 1992
4.12
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anarchist Thought🌿 Spontaneous Order✊ Anti-Authoritarianism
This Is an Uprising
by Mark Engler • 2016
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
4.20
1k+
🕊️ Civil Resistance📢 Social Movements🧱 Movement Building
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising 87%
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
by Mark Engler 2016
4.20
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Civil Resistance📢 Social Movements🧱 Movement Building
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
by David Foster Wallace • 2005
Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.
4.18
55k+
🎬 Adult Film Industry📺 Media Criticism🛒 Consumer Ethics
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Summary
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays 87%
Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.
by David Foster Wallace 2005
4.18
55k+ ratings
🎬 Adult Film Industry📺 Media Criticism🛒 Consumer Ethics
Re-Sisters
by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
3.69
143
🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers✊ Feminist Biography🙏 Medieval Mysticism
Re-Sisters Summary
Re-Sisters 87%
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022
3.69
143 ratings
🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers✊ Feminist Biography🙏 Medieval Mysticism
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