How to Start a Revolution

Product Description IN NOVEMBER 2016, MANY PEOPLE WOKE UP TO A WORLD THEY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE: A NEW PRESIDENT WAS IN POWER. TWENTY-FOUR HOUR NEWS COVERAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA UNFOLDED LIKE A HORROR FILM. ALL AT ONCE, EVERYTHING CHANGED.In 2016, Journalist Lauren Duca produced a piece for Teen Vogue titled 'Donald Trump is Gaslighting America'. It went viral and signaled a shift for millennials from political alienation to political participation.In How to Start a Revolution, Duca investigates and explains the issues at the root of an ailing political system and explores how millennials are the key to political change, providing knowledge and tools for how to make the most of a political awakening.'Lauren Duca is the millennial feminist warrior queen of social media. I cannot wait to hear more from this fearless and important new voice' Ariel Levy, author of Female Chauvinist Pigs'Lauren Duca is the kind of writer that makes you cackle, cheer, and, more important, confront where we are and where we need to go as a culture' Janet Mock Review The firebrand journalist explores how young people can challenge the status quo ― The i Duca is the millennial feminist warrior queen of social media -- Ariel Levy Lauren Duca is the kind of writer that makes you cackle, cheer, and, more important, confront where we are and where we need to go as a culture -- Janet Mock In this inspiring guide . . . Duca's conversational prose and clear passion for equality allow her to galvanize without preaching. This call to action will resonate even with those who are not already involved in progressive politics ― Publishers Weekly We need fresh, intelligent, and creative voices like Lauren's now as much-perhaps more-than ever before -- Dan Rather Book Description From the author of the viral Teen Vogue article 'Donald Trump is Gaslighting America' comes this powerful examination of fourth wave feminism, and a re-imagining of an equitable democracy built out of the untapped potential of young people. From the Back Cover 'Lauren Duca is the millennial feminist warrior queen of social media. I cannot wait to hear more from this fearless and important new voice' Ariel Levy, author of Female Chauvinist PigsWhen journalist Lauren Duca produced a piece for Teen Vogue titled 'Donald Trump is Gaslighting America', it went viral and made a case for the importance of political participation.In How to Start a Revolution, Duca investigates and explains the issues at the root of a failing political system and considers citizens as the key to political change. From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to grassroots youth activists, by way of Duca's own experience of being catapulted to the front lines of the political conversation, she illuminates, encourages and fights for a radical political awakening. 'The firebrand journalist explores how young people can challenge the status quo' i Paper About the Author Lauren Duca is an award-winning journalist best known for her massively viral piece 'Donald Trump is Gaslighting America' in Teen Vogue and an interview with Tucker Carlson. Her writing can be found in the New York Times, New Yorker and New York magazine, as well as in her ongoing column for Teen Vogue: 'Thigh-High Politics.' She graduated from Fordham University and holds a masters from New York University, where she is currently a visiting scholar at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She's mostly just trying to get you to follow her on Twitter: @LaurenDuca.