A review by sujuv
The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination by Sarah Schulman

4.0

One last, great read for 2022. Schulman's brave, intelligent honesty is as always admirable and interesting. Her take on the gentrification of art, activism, and literature rings true though as this was written in 2012 there are changes unaccounted for - such as the emergence of trans voices which she sees coming but I was reminded were not really there a decade ago. It is despite some depressing diagnoses ultimately an optimistic book as she does believe in the potential for "degentrification." Also it's important to note that she grounds the gentrification in the AIDS crisis and its aftermath and points out how little most people know about the fight activists put up to get people in power to take them seriously. A good reminder.