Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
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Brittney Cooper
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Brittney Cooper
About this listen
With searing honesty, intimacy, and humor too, America's leading young Black feminist celebrates the power of rage in this piercing new audiobook.
So what if it's true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. 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.
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 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 Brittney into the fierce feminist she is today. In Brittney Cooper's world, neither mean girls nor f--kboys ever win. But homegirls emerge as heroes. This audiobook argues that ultimately feminism, friendship, and faith in one's own superpowers are all we really need to turn things right side up again.
©2018 Brittney Cooper (P)2018 Macmillan AudioWhat the critics say
"...Cooper delivers a frank, conversational-style examination of the importance of black female friendships, respectability politics, and harmful stereotypes, among other topics. She blends candor and humor as she roots out toxic behaviors and beliefs we use in America to tear ourselves and each other down, while also offering paths forward. Listeners learn how rage, aimed with fine-tuned focus and purpose, can help build up black women's lives and society overall." (AudioFile Magazine)
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- Carol Markwei
- 2020-06-13
just what I needed
Loved it! finished in 2 days, much needed in these current times. highly recommended it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-02-01
2020 required reading
For white women like me, this is required reading to hear and understand the experiences of Black women in America. Both universal and specific in explaining the Black American woman’s experience, this book made me giggle and gave me many nights of thinking about how we move forward into an America where all women can thrive.
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- SS
- 2019-03-15
Paradigm-shifting. Life affirming. Incredible.
For feminists new and old, a joyous text about hard truths. It made me laugh out loud, cry, and fist bump the air.
I’d recommend it to everyone, especially in the audiobook format. It’s self-narrated by Brittney Cooper, and she killed it!
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- Binita
- 2021-06-26
Amazing book!
The author is very explicit and direct with her thoughts and analysis, and this is the strength of this book. The book is also interesting to listen to. I highly recommend it.
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