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adrienne maree brown
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Adrienne maree brown is an American writer and activist whose work blends Black feminist thought, facilitation, and community organizing with science-fiction-inspired strategies for social change.
Biography
Adrienne maree brown (born September 6, 1978), often styled in lowercase, is an American writer, activist and facilitator. From 2006 to 2010 she served as executive director of the Ruckus Society and she co-founded and directed the United States League of Young Voters. She describes her thought as postnationalism, and others have described it as Black feminism or womanism. Brown supports movements including Black Lives Matter and prison abolition.
Much of her writing draws on the work of science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler. Her first book, Emergent Strategy, was published in 2017; subsequent books include Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (2019) and We Will Not Cancel Us (2020). She also produces podcasts, has released a music project, and works as a doula.
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Books by adrienne maree brown
Emergent Strategy
Emergent Strategy, inspired by Octavia Butler, presents a materialist ‘spirituality’ that combines science and science fiction; it offers radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help tools to feel, map, assess, and influence continual change.