Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
ISBN10: 1250112575
ISBN13: 9781250112576
Hardcover
288 Pages
$26.99
CA$36.50
Far too often, Black women’s anger has been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of American democracy. But in the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde, Brittney Cooper shows us that there is more to the story than that. Black women’s eloquent rage is what makes Serena Williams such a powerful tennis player. It’s what makes Beyoncé’s girl power anthems resonate so hard. It’s what makes Michelle Obama an icon. Eloquent rage keeps us all honest and accountable. It reminds women that they don’t have to settle for less. When Cooper learned of her grandmother’s eloquent rage about love, sex, and marriage in an epic and hilarious front-porch confrontation, her life was changed. And it took another intervention, this time staged by one of her homegirls, to turn Cooper into the fierce feminist she is today. In Brittney Cooper’s world, neither mean girls nor fuckboys ever win. But homegirls emerge as heroes. This book argues that ultimately feminism, friendship, and faith in one’s own superpowers are all we really need to turn things right side up again.
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This is a book by a grown-ass woman written for other grown-ass women. This is a book for women who expect to be taken seriously and for men who take grown women seriously. This is a book for women who know...
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Brittney Cooper questions the concept of empowerment
Is empowerment a misleading concept? Brittney Cooper, co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective, is the author of Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
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