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Chain Gang All-Stars: Is Forgiveness Possible?
Did knowing (in some cases) and not knowing the crimes of the links influence how you felt about them? Why do you think you were able to see the…
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Roxane Gay
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Chain Gang All-Stars: Toward Abolition
In addition to chapters about the fans of this action sport, we get chapters showing us glimpses of activists and other people who are against t…
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Roxane Gay
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Chain Gang All-Stars: Can Community Survive?
I was intrigued by the dynamics of the links in Thurwar’s chain. Does the fact that they’re constantly being filmed alters how they interact wit…
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Roxane Gay
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Chain Gang All-Stars: Are We That Far From Dystopia?
Chain-Gang All-Stars, is set in a near-future dystopia where convicted felons can opt into the CAPE program, and if they survive 3 years of brut…
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Roxane Gay
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Chain Gang All-Stars: It Begins
In the first chapter, “The Freeing of Melancholia Bishop,” we are thrown immediately into a death battle. Were you rooting for Loretta Thurwar t…
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Roxane Gay
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The Audacious Book Club: Chain Gang All-Stars
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Roxane Gay
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Poverty: Toward Poverty Abolition
The last few chapters of the book talk about how we exploit the poor and things we can do to empower them instead, and tear down the systems tha…
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