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Cooper says the anger of white men is not the same as that of women and people of color, and we need to respect the rage of oppressed people. This book is just so good." Paperback. She also writes about how rage can move us forward. Reni Eddo-Lodge, Narrated by:

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This book was smart, honest, tragic, and inspiring.

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The first explores the role of women’s anger in politics, the second how women are taught to swallow their rage from the time they are children. I read the book and listened to it, she reads beautifully. There is so much about her analysis that I relate to and grapple with on a daily basis as a Latina feminist. —Corvus Strigiform, The Weightless State Between Here and There"Cooper personifies what Sonia Sanchez called "homegirl and hand-grenade" -- here, like the homegirl she is, Cooper gives us the uncensored truth about how America has become what it is today, and reminds us in no uncertain terms that Black people, and particularly Black women, have the brilliance, foresight, and vision to bring a different America to fruition, should we choose to use our powers for good rather than evil." And it took another intervention, this time staged by one of her homegirls, to turn Brittney into the fierce feminist she is today. It reminds women that they don't have to settle for less.

Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and feminist movements, Unapologetic challenges all of us engaged in the social justice struggle to make the movement for Black liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist. More work to do.... Great fast read... raw authentic and eloquent. They have the right to be. But Cooper shows us that there is more to the story than that.

As a grad student with not much time to read, the audiobook was the next best thing because I can listen while on my way to class and work. By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's, A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. Patrisse Khan-Cullors, speaker uniquely positioned for your audience and budget.

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I really just want to high five her for this masterpiece. "Roxane Gay: "I encourage you to check out Eloquent Rage out now. Funny, poignant, scarily honest - a look-you-in-the-eyes kind of book, the passion and care of the author comes across throughout.

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"Damon Young: "Like watching the world’s best Baptist preacher but with sermons about intersectionality and Beyoncé instead of Ecclesiastes." How did she know I was feeling this way? Thank you BC for the laughter, tears and education I received reading this amazing book.

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Within the first five minutes of the conversation, I wanted to get up and take a seat in the audience.

Brittney Cooper writes a popular monthly column on race, gender, and politics for Cosmopolitan. Ijeoma Oluo, Narrated by: Angela Davis,

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A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must for all those interested in the nature of Black womanhood.

A wonderful audio, that would not,once again for me, not been accessible in written form. "Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things." She theorizes about power and gives tools to break down power but then challenges readers to build something great in response.

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As a white person, it helped me understand some things. Mikki Kendall, Narrated by: Strong and without apology. Tressie McMillan Cottom. Brittney Cooper questions the concept of empowerment, Brittney Cooper on Why Feminism Needed Beyoncé, Brittney Cooper on Michelle Obama vs. Melania Trump, Brittney Cooper (Eloquent Rage author) on Friendship with Black Girls, Brittney Cooper on the Cultural Appropriation cap, Macmillan Code of Ethics for Business Partners. And it took another intervention, this time staged by one of her homegirls, to turn Brittney into the fierce feminist she is today. —Ms. The Women’s Media Center’s research and reports shed a light on the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in the media. In this timely anthology, Glory Edim brings together original essays by some of our best black women writers to shine a light on how important it is that we all - regardless of gender, race, religion, or ability - have the opportunity to find ourselves in literature. —Alicia Garza, Special Projects Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter"Brittney Cooper is a national treasure.

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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. “We might have the first Black woman governor in this country, and we have a Democratic senator in Alabama,” she said, speaking of Stacey Abrams, who is running for governor of Georgia, and Doug Jones, who last year won the Senate seat previously held by Jeff Sessions. By:

The three books show rage has become part of the political zeitgeist, Cooper says, uniting women across race and class. Loved it - me thinks this deserves All About Love Bell-Hooks and Patricia Hill Collins - Intersectionality status.

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Sign up to receive information about new books, author events, and special offers. One day she ran into a former student, a young Black woman, who told her that her she had loved Cooper’s lectures, which she said were filled with “eloquent rage.” At first Cooper felt defensive, used to white people calling her angry to dismiss her, but this student was saying Cooper’s rage inspired her.

There is so much about her analysis that I relate to and grapple with on a daily basis as a Latina feminist. —Cosmopolitan“An ambitious, electrifying memoir.

Cooper’s book, which came out in February, has recently been joined by two other books about female rage, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger, by Rebecca Traister, and Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, by Soraya Chemaly. Cooper gives us hope, reminding us that we can be powerful and we don’t have to settle for less." In an interview after her talk, Cooper, the author of Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, talked more about Williams’ anger and our reaction to it. By: Smart, humorous, and strikingly original essays by one of “America’s most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time.” (Rebecca Traister) In these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society.

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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. I'll be recommending it to all of my friends. We can find a