Mean Jackie D MANNING UP brings together a

MANNING UP brings together a wide range of voices

how it became a global movement that surpassed their wildest expectations

and gentrification

and liberal democracies are teetering on the edge of absurdist authoritarianism

founder of Armani Talks

Mean Jackie D MANNING UP brings together aGurba grows up queer, Chicana, and take no prisoners. Her story is a revelation, a delight, and an eye opener. True crime, memoir, and ghost story, Mean is the bold and hilarious tale of Myriam Gurba's coming of age as a queer, mixed race Chicana. Blending radical formal fluidity and caustic humor, Gurba takes on sexual violence, small towns, and race, turning what might be tragic into piercing, revealing comedy. This is a confident, intoxicating,