Synopses & Reviews
A survival guide to making it through to 2008 and a hilarious, kick-ass call-to-arms from "comedy's most fearless superhero" (
Entertainment Weekly).
Comedian and activist Margaret Cho's righteous comic rage finds its targets with pinpoint accuracy and is meant not only to entertain but also to champion the civil liberties and raise awareness for the social injustices that are her impassioned causes among them freedom of expression; gay rights; racial discrimination; and capital punishment. It is this blend of comedy and fervor that awakens the devotion of her legions of fans and permeates this book her vehement, principled, and resoundingly funny political platform to shake us loose of the politics of disillusionment and get us through the years ahead.
I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight chronicles Cho's adventures and misadventures in political activism and lays out what's right in no uncertain terms.
Review
"Here and there, Cho gets off a zinger, but for every good line, there's plenty of blatantly obvious blather and the occasional shopworn accusation....More or less a transcript from an Air America show on the verge of being cancelled." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Cho chronicles her adventures and misadventures in political activism and lays out what's right in no uncertain terms. This is a hilarious call-to-arms from comedy's most fearless superhero.
About the Author
Margaret Cho has won awards for both her comedy and her activism. She has just finished shooting her first narrative feature film, Bam Bam and Celeste, and will be taking her "Assassin" tour across the U.S. in 2005.