{"product_id":"sex-and-dissent","title":"Sex and Dissent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Revelatory. . . . At a time of great backlash and regression, North American women should indeed look to Latin America for a new way forward.\"--Sarah Weinman, author of \u003ci\u003eWithout Consent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour electrifying and hopeful accounts of feminist uprising that have swept through Latin America and Spain in the wake of #MeToo--and what we can learn from these protest cultures in a fraught moment for democracy in the US\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs women's rights have faced alarming rollbacks in the United States over the past decade, mass feminist movements beyond our borders have achieved historic victories. Award-winning journalist Meaghan Beatley takes us to the frontlines to tell inspiring stories of resistance and political imagination that will be a vital roadmap in the years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Argentina, a national reckoning over abortion--sparked, in part, by an unholy alliance with a popular gossip show--ignited a nationwide movement that led to the legalization of abortion. Across the Andes, young feminists in Chile fueled a constitutional rewrite to confront deep structural inequality. In Spain, a high-profile sexual assault case cracked open a fierce public debate, redefining the meaning of consent. And in Mexico, balaclava-clad student protesters occupied a government building to force the epidemic of femicide into the national spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe product of a decade of immersive reporting, Beatley captures the urgency and creativity of these movements and the women who led a motley crew of former guerrilla fighters, student occupiers, and mothers standing down narco violence. At once intimate and politically electric, \u003ci\u003eSex and Dissent\u003c\/i\u003e reframes the global struggle for equality--and offers a model for building power, solidarity, and radical democratic change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54052226040176,"sku":"9780143138440","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_c9cc13c7-faf0-4a39-bb74-292532b73500.jpg?v=1783890240","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/sex-and-dissent","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}