Zena Sharman
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From ![]() NEW! After WifeFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman describes their slow reclamation of selfhood after the dissolution of a relationship. | Zena Sharman | 20 | 2026 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Best Interests of the ChildFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman discusses how the legal standard governing custody disputes has shaped queer family life in Canada and the United States. | Zena Sharman | 24 | 2026 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Between WorldsFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman describes her experiences in a new relationship post-divorce. | Zena Sharman | 26 | 2026 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Dolly, Doralee, My Mother, and MeFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman discusses queer femme identity, feminist motherhood, and the cultural legacy of Dolly Parton’s 1980 film 9 to 5. | Zena Sharman | 18 | 2026 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Hungry for PossibilitiesToo Many Beloved Dead, Too Few Elders From: The Care We Dream Of |
In this essay, the author details her dreams of something different. These dreams are not just for herself, but for every queer and trans person lucky enough to get old, for the communities she … | Zena Sharman | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() IntroductionFrom: The Care We Dream Of |
What if queer and trans people loved going to the doctor, dreaming together and demanding more? This book is about merging the practical with liberatory imaginings about what queer and trans … | Zena Sharman | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Learning to StayFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman describes changing co-parenting relationships in her life and how that impacted her. | Zena Sharman | 20 | 2026 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Love Me Back to LifeFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman describes her experiences at a queer "not-wedding." | Zena Sharman | 32 | 2026 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! (M)otherFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman discusses the complex relationship between a queer parent, known as ZeeZee, and the cultural script of motherhood. | Zena Sharman | 22 | 2026 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Note to Readers and The Trauma ArchiveFrom: Staying Power |
This chapter is a note to readers regarding the content of the book and a description of the Trauma Archive, started by Sharman’s mother, a survivor and activist who founded support groups … | Zena Sharman | 26 | 2026 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Pleasure as the BaselineInterview with Dawn Serra From: The Care We Dream Of |
The interviewee discusses pleasure as a right that extends to the provision of health care, asking what would health care be like if providers asked "What is a win for you, to help you feel … | Zena Sharman | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Put Me in the Living Room and Cover Me with FlowersQueering Death From: The Care We Dream Of |
In this account of her mother’s death, the author elaborated on the do-it-yourself attitude she brought to queering her grief, and also the the healing relationship she developed with death … | Zena Sharman | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Putting Yourself on the LineInterview with Ronica Mukerjee From: The Care We Dream Of |
This interview with Ronica Mukerjee, who specializes in care for LGBTQ+ communities, people using injection and other drugs, and people who are HIV positive, underscores how international borders … | Zena Sharman | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Queer AlchemyPerverting the Health System, Fighting to Win From: The Care We Dream Of |
The author describes queer activism and asks if a system is wrong, is it wrong to pervert it? She pledges to leave no one behind and explores what that means for disability justice, with personal … | Zena Sharman | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() Regrowth in RuinsAbolitionist Dreams for Health System Transformation From: The Care We Dream Of |
Learning from prison and police abolitionists, the author asks if system tranformation would be useful to the health care system. This approach, rooted in the experience of Black, Indigenous, and … | Zena Sharman | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Revolution through Health CareInterview with Anita “Durt” O’Shea From: The Care We Dream Of |
This interview is with Anita “Durt” O’Shea, the deputy directior of St. James Infirmary, a peer-based non-profit organization that serves sex workers throughout the San Franscso … | Zena Sharman | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |





