Book Review: The Lesbian Avenger Handbook
October 31, 2025
Sarah Schulman is a refreshing point of difference in producing a work that addresses the quite necessary nitty-gritty of practical politics.
A frequent lurker in the politics department, Harry’s main interests lie in the study of the people and events that have made New Zealand. Social history and political economy (the latter being the link between political and economic systems and the history therein) and a bit of geography to boot. In this respect, Bruce Jesson, Jane Kelsey, Wolfgang Rosenberg, Erik Olssen, and Bill Sutch are some authors of note. Harry also has a passing familiarity with psychology and philosophy, coupled with a predilection for photography and architecture.
Sarah Schulman is a refreshing point of difference in producing a work that addresses the quite necessary nitty-gritty of practical politics.
The Searchers is ultimately an uplifting read in its portrait of what drives humans to pursue something greater than themselves.
Not one for pie-in-the sky dissertations, he excels not only at identifying pressure points, but also what we can do to mobilise public sentiment.