Melissa Harris Perry: “I was waiting for an author who wouldn’t forget, ignore, or erase us black girls. There is so much about her analysis that I relate to and grapple with on a daily basis as a Latina feminist."ĭamon Young: "Like watching the world’s best Baptist preacher but with sermons about intersectionality and Beyoncé instead of Ecclesiastes." Joy Reid, Cosmopolitan: "A dissertation on black women’s pain and possibility."Īmerica Ferrera: "Razor sharp and hilarious. Roxane Gay : "I encourage you to check out Eloquent Rage out now."
Rebecca Solnit, The New Republic: "Funny, wrenching, pithy, and pointed." The Guardian ("Top 10 Books About Angry Women").Fast Company ("10 Best Books for Battling Your Sexist Workplace").Politico Magazine ("What the 2020 Candidates Are Reading This Summer").NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018/ MENTIONED BY: The New York Public Library.For more information click here.An Emma Watson "Our Shared Shelf" Selection for November/December 2018 Shopping through these links helps support the show, but does not effect my opinions on books and products. We receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on this website. The Stacks participates in affiliate programs. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to /thestackspod. We are beyond grateful for anything you’re able to give to support the production of this show. To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. Publisher: Macmillan Audio (February 19, 2018).You’ll walk away feeling like you have a new and deep understanding of what life for Black women is like, even if you already are a Black woman. I can not suggest this book more to anyone interested in feminism, period. I can not suggest this book more to anyone interested in intersectional feminism. Its not too familiar and not too academic. Cooper narrates the book, and she does a wonderful job. And to be fair, I listened to this book as an audiobook, so some of the lack of comprehension could be blamed on focus and not flow.
Not because I couldn’t understand what she was saying, but more because I couldn’t always follow how she got there. There were moments in this book where Cooper lost me. It was wonderful to see my life and struggles reflected in Cooper’s writing. She hits the pains and pleasures of being a Black woman on the head. Only someone with a strong hold on the theories behind Black feminism and the depth of mind to grapple with these theories could create such a complex, and yet still simple book. She dissects the bible’s thoughts on sex along side her own grandmother’s thoughts on sex. She takes feminist theory and transcribes it over Michelle Obama’s ponytail, or Beyonce’s song “Formation”. That is not easy, and Cooper does it with, what feels like, ease.
Not because she holds her intelligence over the reader, but because she is able to distill complex ideas down to a place where any reader can hear her and understand her. When she strays to follow a line of thinking, she always comes back to the intersectional point of Black women. Cooper comes back to Black women over and over again in this book, even when she leaves them to discuss Hilary Clinton or Black fathers. Cooper’s points are razor sharp, and she walks us through her thinking time and time again.Įloquent Rage is committed to Black Girl Feminism. Eloquent Rage is a force of passion, intelligence, history, and of corse, rage, and it totally works. 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.īrittney Cooper has made the case that she is the smartest (and most articulate) person in the room, especially when it comes to Black Feminism. In Brittney Cooper’s world, neither mean girls nor fuckboys ever win. It’s what makes Beyoncé’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. 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.įar 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. So what if it’s true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. Then I got an email saying it was on my phone, and I’m so happy that I did. I requested this audiobook from my library months ago, I forgot about it.
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