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Introduction: feminism, in theory -- The future of an ideal: consciousness and the radical vision of women's liberation -- The activist unconscious: feminism and psychoanalysis -- The feminist body politic: sexuality's domestic incarnation -- The feminist abject: death, fiction, and theory -- Obstructive behavior: dykes in the mainstream of feminist theory -- Conclusion: left justified

Semantically, "activist" and "activism" are convenient descriptors for participants in social movements and are commonly used by social movement scholars. This study demonstrates, however, that these labels obscure the complex decisions participants make in negotiating their involvement. Few researchers examine the importance of deconstructing traditional assumptions of activist identities and the nuances in activist negotiation and identification. Using qualitative research methods, this paper explores whether social movement participants engage in complex identity negotiations wherein they interactionally situate and critically assess their involvement. This research draws on in-depth interviews conducted with 58 social movement participants from two local-level, contemporary social movements: The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Movements. Respondents provided complex narratives about their activist and non-activist identities, which became apparent through analyzing the interviews using thematic coding. The findings show that respondents do negotiate their identities along a spectrum from activist to non-activist through interaction with other participants and critical assessment of their own involvement. These findings also reveal that the process of differential activist identification has short- and long-term implications for participant involvement and collective identity where disagreements over the activist label can fracture the organization and sustainability of a movement. By assessing the ways movement participants identify with activism and how they use their identification through interaction to promote or deconstruct group solidarity, we can begin to explore the consequences of this type of identity politics for contemporary social movements.

Best all-around : Harriet Tubman -- Most loyal : Dede Mirabal -- Most distinguishable voice : Coretta Scott King -- Most determined : Grace Lee Boggs -- Biggest dreamer : Victoria Woodhull -- Earth's best friend : Wangari Maathai -- Most caring : Lizzy Lind -- Most proud : Barbara Gittings -- Best team : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Yearbook editor : Amelia Jenks Bloomer -- Best sense of humor : Wilma Mankiller -- Most likely to lead a protest : Mother Jones.

Semantically, "activist" and "activism" are convenient descriptors for participants in social movements and are commonly used by social movement scholars. This study demonstrates, however, that these labels obscure the complex decisions participants make in negotiating their involvement. Few researchers examine the importance of deconstructing traditional assumptions of activist identities and the nuances in activist negotiation and identification. Using qualitative research methods, this paper explores whether social movement participants engage in complex identity negotiations wherein they interactionally situate and critically assess their involvement. This research draws on in-depth interviews conducted with 58 social movement participants from two local-level, contemporary social movements: The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Movements. Respondents provided complex narratives about their activist and non-activist identities, which became apparent through analyzing the interviews using thematic coding. The findings show that respondents do negotiate their identities along a spectrum from activist to non-activist through interaction with other participants and critical assessment of their own involvement. These findings also reveal that the process of differential activist identification has short- and long-term implications for participant involvement and collective identity where disagreements over the activist label can fracture the organization and sustainability of a movement. By assessing the ways movement participants identify with activism and how they use their identification through interaction to promote or deconstruct group solidarity, we can begin to explore the consequences of this type of identity politics for contemporary social movements.

When Dr. Paul Salem, former Director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, called me shortly before the 1996 parliamentary elections to ask if I was ready to write a study on the participation of Lebanese women in politics, my first reaction was, "Paul, I am no woman activist. You know that." He laughed and said, "That's why I'm calling you. I want an objective view."

Students have protested high school dress codes and their obligation to recite anthems and pledges. Teen activists such as Jamie Margolin, the founder of Zero Hour, and Xiuhtezcatl Martinez have made their voices heard on climate change. Teens have rallied around transgender students Lila Perry and Gavin Grimm for the right to use their preferred restrooms. After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, killed 17 people, the nation met a new group of teen activists, including Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg. It was hardly the first school shooting the nation had seen; for students, it was the last straw. Rallying for stricter gun laws, high school students must now balance their journey through adolescence with the weight of political activism. Readers will engage with this timely collection, complete with media literacy terms and questions.

Foreword: So what? --Preface --Acknowledgments --Introduction: The what and why of activist theology --1.The darkness of Holy Saturday: rupturing complacency and becoming transformation --2.Turning tables in the temple: disruption --3.The struggle is real --4.The Psalmist sings: the poetry of protest --5.Following the ways of Jesus: enacting radical social change --6.Old wine in new wineskins: reframing theology as activism --7.Economic supremacy: when class ascendency doesn't work in your favor --8.Activist theology's resilience: a year after Charlottesville --Coda: Poetry by Ree Belle --Further reading.