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It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic

It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic

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  • Create Date：2022-04-07 20:21:41
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Jack Lowery
  • ISBN：1645036588
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Reviews

Megan ，

Thanks to Bold Type Books and NetGalley for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review。 It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful details the activity and activism of Gran Fury， an art collective formed to fight back during the AIDS crisis。 This book gets into the details of membership， relationships， and the art created by this group。 I found it so interesting， but of course heartbreaking。 It's devastating to read about people fighting so， so hard for treatments and cures from governments and doc Thanks to Bold Type Books and NetGalley for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review。 It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful details the activity and activism of Gran Fury， an art collective formed to fight back during the AIDS crisis。 This book gets into the details of membership， relationships， and the art created by this group。 I found it so interesting， but of course heartbreaking。 It's devastating to read about people fighting so， so hard for treatments and cures from governments and doctors who didn't care enough to make it happen。 It's also heartbreaking to read about members testing positive and slowly succumbing to disease。 While this book could slow down at times， it really encompassed the activity of this group and taught me a lot。 Some of the art I'd seen， some of the members I'd heard about， but is such a good comprehensive look。 I'm so glad I read it。 。。。more

Audrey ，

A fascinating and important story， and a good entry point for a lot of other reading and research into the AIDs crisis， ACT UP， and Gran Fury。 A thorough but very engaging read—I finished it in record time for non-fiction， which I usually struggle to get through。

Critter ，

This was an excellent book on the history of the AIDS crisis。 It recounts the different ways that art was used and includes images of the art used。 It describes the processes that they took to create the art。 The writing was great and provided a lot of insight into the activism and the attitudes of the people during the crisis。 This was a fascinating and well written account。 I would like to thank Bold Type Books for providing me with an ARC。