Melissa Gira Grant
Long before the red ribbon became an innocuous symbol of AIDS “awareness” and celebrity philanthropy, there was the pink triangle and there was ACT UP and there were thousands of people taking to the streets for their lives.More
Melissa Gira Grant has written on sex and politics for AlterNet, the Guardian, Glamour, Slate and Jezebel, among others. Her first book, Take This Book: A History of the People's Library at Occupy Wall Street, will be published this summer.
Long before the red ribbon became an innocuous symbol of AIDS “awareness” and celebrity philanthropy, there was the pink triangle and there was ACT UP and there were thousands of people taking to the streets for their lives.More
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