This Has Always Been a War
By Lori Fox
Lavender Lit Book Club: July 2022
The Lavender Lit Book Club is a monthly literature series hosted by Women’s Program Curator Suyane Oliveira. Each month, we’ll be reading a new book by a queer woman or non-male-identified author to celebrate queer women and non-men in literature. Click here to learn more.
Book Discussion
Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 | 6:30p (EST)
All Lavender Lit discussions are held in-person at the Center and virtually via Zoom. Register here to join us (it’s free!).
Author Talk
Thursday, July 28th, 2022 | 6:30p (EST)
About the Book
“Capitalism has infiltrated every aspect of our personal, social, economic, and sexual lives. By examining the politics of gender, environment and sexuality, we can see the ways straight, cis, white, and especially male upper-class people control and subvert the other—queer, non-binary, BIPOC, and female bodies—in order to keep the working lower classes divided. Patriarchy and classism are forms of systemic violence which ensure that the main commodity of capitalism—a large, disposable, cheap, and ideally subjugated work force—is readily available. There is a lot wrong with the ways we live, work, and treat each other.
In essays that are both accessible and inspiring, Lori Fox examines their confrontations with the capitalist patriarchy through their experiences as a queer, non-binary, working-class farm hand, labourer, bartender, bush-worker, and road dog, exploring the ugly places where issues of gender, sexuality, class, and the environment intersect.”
CONTENT WARNING: This book contains scenes of sexual assault and animal cruelty.
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About the Author
Lori Fox (they/them)
Lori Fox is a queer, non-binary, working-class writer and journalist. Their work, which focuses on issues of class, gender, sexuality, the environment, and the messy places where these things intersect, has appeared with The Guardian, Vice, and The Globe and Mail, among many other outlets. This Has Always Been a War is their first book.