Bibliograph

Some of my best friends, essays on lip service, Tajja Isen

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Some of my best friends, essays on lip service, Tajja Isen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Some of my best friends

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1295185895

Responsibility statement

Tajja Isen

Sub title

essays on lip service

Summary

"A fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice, and the limits of good intentions. In this stunning debut collection, Catapult editor-in-chief and award-winning voice actor Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of living in a world that has grown fluent in the language of social justice but doesn't always follow through. These nine daring essays explore the sometimes troubling and often awkward nature of that discord. Some of My Best Friends takes on the cartoon industry's pivot away from colorblind casting, the pursuit of diverse representation in the literary world, the law's refusal to see inequality, and the cozy fictions of nationalism. Isen deftly examines the quick, cosmetic fixes society makes to address systemic problems, and reveals the unexpected ways they can misfire. ...Isen interlaces cultural criticism with her lived experience to explore the gaps between what we say and what we do, what we do and what we value, what we value and what we demand."--, Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Hearing voices -- Tiny white people -- Diversity hire -- This time it's personal -- Some of my best friends -- Barely legal -- What we want and when we want it -- Do you read me -- Dead or Canadian

Target audience

adult

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Essays on lip service

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