To Be of Use. Selected Papers

By Dr Vikki Reynolds

CONTENTS

Foreword by Leah Salter

Introduction by the authorSection 1: Working in Solidarity"Leaning in" as Imperfect Allies in Community WorkFluid and Imperfect Ally Positioning: Some Gifts of Queer TheoryBeyond Trans Tolerance and Trans Exclusion: Contributing to transformative spaces in an all-genders youth, live-in, substance mis-use programme. With James KellyThe Role of Allies in Anti-violence WorkA Solidarity Approach. The Rhizome and Messy Inquiry.Section 2: Solidarity in Action: Addressing complexity and holding tensionsStructuring Safety in Therapeutic Work alongside Indigenous Survivors of Residential SchoolsHate Kills: A Social Justice Response to 'Suicide'The Problem's Oppression Not DepressionResisting and Transforming Rape Culture: An activist stance for therapeutic work with men who have used violenceTrauma and resistance: 'Hang Time' and Other Innovative Responses to Oppression, Violence and SufferingSocial Justice Activism and Therapy. Tensions, Points of Connection and Hopeful Scepticism
Section 3: Solidarity, Collective Care and Sustainability: Resisting BurnoutAn Ethical Stance for Justice-Doing in Community Work and TherapySupervision of Solidarity Practices: Solidarity Teams and People-ing-the-roomThe F Word: Vikki Reynolds on the Politics of Forgiveness. InterviewThe Zone of Fabulousness: Resisting vicarious trauma with connection, collective care and justice-doing in ways that centre the people we work alongsideInspiring Believed in Hope as an Ethical Position. Vicarious Resistance in Justice Doing

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1739773365
• ISBN13: 9781739773366
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Everything Is Connected Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"