Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: That’s Revolting

‘That’s Revolting!’ is a queer intervention in the culture wars. It is both blueprint and call to action, bringing the post-identity politic of a new generation of queer visionaries to a wider audience. The anthology consists of personal histories, rants, interviews, conversations, activist struggles, practical advice and glamour. Contributors include early gay liberation rabble-rousers, counterculture demons, fringe artistes, renegade academics, the dispossessed, the obsessed and various other enemy combatants. In other words, ‘That’s Revolting!’ is a book by a bunch of freaks, fruits, perverts and whores who are dedicated to resisting homogenization, globalization and all the other evils of this ravaging world.

In June 2008, an expanded second edition was released, featuring new work, including an interview with former members of the George Jackson Brigade, and essays about the Gay Liberation Front, ACT UP, the Drop the Debt/Stop AIDS “Naked Action” at the 2004 Republican National Convention, and rural queer youth organizing…”