{"product_id":"quiet-defiance-issue-7","title":"Quiet Defiance: Issue 7 - Independent Scholar of Future Folkways","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis issue reveals the research process, media analysis, and synthesis of ideas that goes into writing speculative futures outside academic institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuiet defiance is an acknowledgement of the sustained forms of subtle resistance that don’t exactly go unrecognized, but maybe aren’t acknowledged as the powerful, effective methods of cultural change that they are. Revolutions are portrayed as noisy riots. Political identities are supposed to be stated in declarative sentences on social media. Organizers for social change are expected to work with the bullhorn as their primary tool, to paint with the palettes of crowds and campaigns. They’re supposed to be tireless and loud to be ‘effective’. But those who engage in acts of quiet defiance opt out of participating in the attention economy, don’t follow the rituals for the cult of productivity, reveal capitalist mythologies to be silly with their simple daily deviations. These quiet actions don’t go unnoticed; they are apparent in the immediate families and friend groups and communities these reticent rebels are a part of. These writings describe the shape these ripples take, or maybe this seditious pamphlet is a ripple itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49e42d4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49e42d4b\" data-element_type=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6082e073\" data-id=\"6082e073\" data-element_type=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27828051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27828051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRae\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToxoplasma Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.5 x 7.2 inches \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e32 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, staple-bound\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toxoplasma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666306252970,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2426\/1089\/files\/Screenshot2025-12-05at2.44.37PM.png?v=1764963884","url":"https:\/\/shop.criticaldistance.ca\/products\/quiet-defiance-issue-7","provider":"CDCC Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}