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Stephens, Joshua.
Stephens, Joshua.
Dog walking -- Anecdotes.
Dog owners -- Washington (D.C.) -- Anecdotes.
Anarchists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Political activists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Human-animal relationships -- Washington (D.C.) -- Anecdotes.
Social stratification -- Washington (D.C.) -- Anecdotes.
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
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The dog walker : an anarchist's encounters with the good, the bad, and the canine /
Joshua
Stephens
.
by
Stephens
,
Joshua
.
Melville House, 2015.
Call #:
636.70092 S833d
Subjects
Stephens
,
Joshua
.
Dog walking -- Anecdotes.
Dog owners -- Washington (D.C.) -- Anecdotes.
Anarchists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Political activists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Human-animal relationships -- Washington (D.C.) -- Anecdotes.
Social stratification -- Washington (D.C.) -- Anecdotes.
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781612194516 (hc.)
1612194516 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xiv, 235 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Reverse-indexing smug, saber-rattling shitheads, or how I became an anarchist -- Walking, we ask -- A people's history of professional dog walking -- Any port in a storm -- The drift -- Spoiler: dogs are assholes -- Keys: a user's manual -- Keys: a temple to Goldilocks -- Footnote one -- That question you're dying to ask -- Moses -- Moving targets -- Lube: it's not just for sex anymore -- Indicator species -- Even State Department staffers get the blues -- In which we all learn a valuable lesson about scheduling -- The Wyoming -- A few words on boarding -- Little deaths -- Spoiler: I definitely had sex in your house; or, dog walking at Christmastime -- The plan, pt. 1 (theirs) -- The plan, pt. 2 (ours) -- Pug life -- Omar -- Expiration dates -- Exit interview.
Summary:
Dog walking: it's every eight-year-old’s dream! You spend your day outdoors; you interact exclusively with silly, loving, ridiculous dogs; and you get paid for it. But the reality is . . . well, actually, the reality is pretty great, too, at least according to the anarchist and journalist
Joshua
Stephens
's account of the dog walker's life. He reports on what every master of the trade needs to know: always keep a spare set of keys, always have references, and never, ever board your beloved pet. But
Stephens
also goes deeper: he shows us what dog walking reveals about everything from gentrification to street harassment, and why radical empathy must always anchor every interaction -- canine or otherwise.
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