Cooper is a generous writer, affording even those she rages against good humored compassion, but never letting any of us fully off the hook. Eloquent Rage is as exhilarating as it is vulnerable, a crucial book that tackles friendship and feminism, Hillary Clinton and Sandra Bland, violence and family, sex and faith and race and gender, all with vibrant grace and honesty. ' Brittney Cooper is a national treasure. A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY: Glamour - Chicago Reader - Bustle - Autostraddle 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. In Brittney Cooper's world, neither mean girls nor fuckboys ever win. And it took another intervention, this time staged by one of her homegirls, to turn Brittney into the fierce feminist she is today. 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. It reminds women that they don't have to settle for less. Eloquent rage keeps us all honest and accountable. It's what makes Beyonc 's girl power anthems resonate so hard. Black women's eloquent rage is what makes Serena Williams such a powerful tennis player. But Cooper shows us that there is more to the story than that. 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. In the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde, Brittney Cooper reminds us that anger is a powerful source of energy that can give us the strength to keep on fighting. ' So what if it's true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. ' Michael Eric Dyson: ' Cooper may be the boldest young feminist writing today. I was waiting and she has come in Brittney Cooper. Melissa Harris Perry: 'I was waiting for an author who wouldn't forget, ignore, or erase us black girls. Damon Young: Like watching the world's best Baptist preacher but with sermons about intersectionality and Beyonc instead of Ecclesiastes. There is so much about her analysis that I relate to and grapple with on a daily basis as a Latina feminist. America Ferrera: Razor sharp and hilarious. Joy Reid, Cosmopolitan : A dissertation on black women's pain and possibility. Roxane Gay : I encourage you to check out Eloquent Rage out now. An Emma Watson Our Shared Shelf Selection for November/December 2018 - NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018/ MENTIONED BY: The New York Public Library - Mashable - The Atlantic - Bustle - The Root - Politico Magazine (What the 2020 Candidates Are Reading This Summer) - NPR - Fast Company (10 Best Books for Battling Your Sexist Workplace) - The Guardian (Top 10 Books About Angry Women) Rebecca Solnit, The New Republic: Funny, wrenching, pithy, and pointed.

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