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Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting,
Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity
"Conversational, intellectually curious, and
charmingly ragged, Unmarketable is an anti-corporate manifesto
with a difference: It exudes raw coolness."—Mother
Jones
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“This is a work of honesty and, yes, integrity.”—Kirkus
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“*****”—Time Out Chicago
(full
review)
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“Real-life examples pack a punch, as do her
irreverent and occasionally salty language. Engaging to read, yet
don’t lose sight of her plea for integrity. Worth noting.”
—Booklist
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“sharp and valuable muckraking.” —Time Out
New York
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Best American
Comics (website)
“Tremendous — and unconventional — stories…dazzling
array of talent…”
—Kirkus Reviews
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"beautiful and classy. . . . this book is
a home run." —PopImage
(Rated "Highly Recommended")
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"coralled 30 of the wittiest, weirdest and most touching comics
. . . this is a true service."
—Entertainment Weekly (#9 on the Must List)
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"accessible even to readers with a professed aversion to comics
n general and superheroes in particular."—The San
Diego Union-Tribune
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"A diverse overview for new comics fans."
—USA Today
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"The stories . . . are as improbable and poignant as any collection
out there."
—The Boston Globe
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Hey, Kidz! Buy This Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental
Propoganda and Artistic Activism for Short People
Made Yes! Magazine's "Media
That Set us Free" list and Reclaim the Media's Media and Democracy
Summer Reading List 2004.
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Zine Trend Catches on at School
—The
Grand Rapids Press
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“Should be required back-to-school
reading” —The ITT List, In These Times
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“Funny, feisty, and useful.(Wednesday,
December 01, 2004):
Gr 8 Up-Moore believes that "kidz" need to "mediate
their media" in order to avoid being sucked into the parallel
universe of measured falsehoods and mindless trivia that is commercial
communications today. In this funny, feisty, and useful handbook,
she begins by simply reminding readers that anytime they see a brand
name, in any context, it's an advertisement. Once readers' baseline
media-awareness levels have been tweaked, she outlines ways in which
advertisers attempt to manipulate people, explaining that advertising
certainly isn't "cool," but should not be dismissed as
merely an inevitable annoyance. Instead, she suggests that it's
a demonstrably negative force in the lives of individuals and society
as a whole and provides readers with strategies and resources for
fighting back against advertisers and Big Media. As is true with
her prose style, her suggested methods for corporate confrontation
and consumer consciousness-raising sometimes cross the fine line
that separates the lively from the loopy. While many of the activist
tactics outlined are prankish, Moore is careful to warn readers
about forms of demonstration that might be dangerous or illegal.”
—The School Library Journal
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“Potentially deadly to the corporate
media-state.” —Deek
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“It's not like regular nonfiction, because it's
funny and entertaining.” —Orlando Weekly
(guest writer, 10-year-old Hunter Ferguson)
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"Hey Librarianz! Buy This Book!
Seriously, stop what you are doing RIGHT NOW and RUN to buy multiple
copies of this book for your libraries and every kid age 10 and
up you know. If part of our goal as young adult librarians is to
meet developmental needs of teens to raise literate, participating
citizens who think critically, we need to get this introduction
to media literacy into classrooms and libraries across America."
—Hip
Librarian's Book Blog
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“Advises children and parents on how to counter the wiles
of commercialism.”
Get You Lit On: The Rise of Political Books for Children —The
Boston Globe
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"The compact, peanut butter &
jelly sandwich-sized guide is chock full of . . . stick-it-to-the-man
hints." —Mountain Express
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“Want to
raise the next Che Guevara or Angela Davis? . . . This is the book
for you.”
—Tastes
Like Chicken
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“Culture jamming for tweens and teens”
With the Kids; Spoonful of Issues —LA
Times
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“A useful and occasionally whimsical resource . . . . Will
help get those critical questions rolling.” No Logo: a
subversive new book sets out to turn tweens into conscious consumers
—Time
Out New York—Kids
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"isn't a bad place to start for grownups experiencing a political
awakening."
—Between the Lines
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“If this book finds its way into the hands of just a few kids,
then it’s done us a world of good.”
No Logo for Kids —Fabmagazine
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“A very useful tool that at about 5” x 6” is just
the right size to keep stuffed in your backpack.”
—Transform
Online
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“Introduces young readers to the ways big corporations have
taken over their lives and suggests practical strategies for fighting
back.” —The Journal-News
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“There’s only one thing that I hate about [Hey Kidz]:
I didn’t write it!” —The
IP Bookshelf
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“Know a kid? Or even if you don't: Hey Kidz! Buy This Book
A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic
Activism for Short People."
—“The Majority Report,” Air America
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“Even military brats need to know these things.” —The
Military Home Schooler
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