Next Gathering is:
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
at 7:00 p.m.
Location:
To Be Determined
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July 8
Book Selection
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Committed:
A Rabble Rouser's Memoir
by Dan Mathews
Please note: A limited number of copies are available
for Group members at a cost of $2.00.
Send an email to biggaybookgroup@hotmail.com
to arrange to obtain a copy.
Copies are also available for purchase at
Lambda Rising.
Description
Committed is a bold, offbeat, globe-trotting memoir
that shows how the most ridiculed punching bag in high school became an
internationally renowned crusader for the most downtrodden individuals
of all -- animals. This irresistibly entertaining book recounts the unorthodox
coming-of-age that inspired a reluctant party boy to devote his life to
a cause, without ever abandoning his sense of mischief and fun.
Mathews is the irreverent force behind the colorful crusades carried out by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), making animal rights the "it" cause with campaigns involving nude protestors, odd costumes, and celebrities as diverse as Pamela Anderson and Sir Paul McCartney. With self-deprecating wit and candor, he reveals the edgy details of his outrageous career, which has found him arrested naked on the streets of Hong Kong, dressed as a carrot outside grade schools in Iowa (where he was pelted with luncheon meats), and impersonating a priest to crash a fashion show in Milan.
From the rock scene in Hollywood and London to the inner sanctums of New York high fashion and from jails in Boston to a psychiatric ward in Paris, Committed spotlights the adventures life can offer when you don't abandon your ideals and imagination with your youth.
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