Full name: Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

Author: Brittney Cooper Year: 2018 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Feminism, Non Fiction, Essays, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781250112576 1250112575

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 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 Beyonce'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 Brittney 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. Similar books: This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen Petersen The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts Outlaw Culture by Bell Hooks We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit Ain't I a Woman by Bell Hooks The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed by Meghan Daum Coventry by Rachel Cusk Approaching Eye Level by Vivian Gornick Be Awesome by Hadley Freeman