{"product_id":"a-mad-mess-shayda-kafai-9781834050386","title":"A Mad Mess: Disabled Queer Femme of Color World Making","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA liberating book for Mad, neurodiverse, and disabled QTBIPOC folks to create a more equitable and playful future in institutions and systems that were not made for them\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Mad, neurodiverse, and disabled QTBIPOC folks working in institutions, we are in need of healing. We are at the mercy of systems that bet on our exhaustion, extracted labor, and burnout. \u003cem\u003eA Mad Mess\u003c\/em\u003e defiantly and unapologetically refuses to wait for such institutions to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on her own experience as an educator, Kafai reveals how \"mess\" is at the heart of this book and her life. Mess is a Mad, queer, and decolonial tool that intervenes in oppressive structures in institutions. It also resists the narratives of perfectionism and people pleasing that are rooted in ableism and sanism and adapted into academia. Mess will help us remember to stay and transform institutions into what we need them to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformed by the genre-bending works of Alice Wong and adrienne maree brown, \u003cem\u003eA Mad Mess\u003c\/em\u003e centers the imperfect, defiant, and tender Mad resistance strategies to our thriving that are always, above all, messy. Part love letter and part aspirational guide, \u003cem\u003eA Mad Mess\u003c\/em\u003e amplifies the Mad dreaming and mourning we need if we are to create a liberatory future that truly embraces and supports us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shayda Kafai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1834050383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781834050386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Shayda Kafai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517094342911,"sku":"9781834050386","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97c8c4a9-a3a5-4cc9-910f-cb49c5b52463.jpg?v=1778729861","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-mad-mess-shayda-kafai-9781834050386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}