There was a lot I learned, especially about the expressions of Black feminism in the United States, how they drive the feminist movement, why Black women express complex feelings towards other Black women, to Black men, white men and other groups.īut what I think makes this book work is how Dr. So when I saw this on sale, I figured I’d grab a copy and learn something. Brittney Cooper’s work from afar, both on social media and in the public appearances she’s done. But white men can’t teach other white men about Black women, Black feminism, etc. That being said, most bestselling books, even non-fiction essay collections, are targeted to white men. I knew that going in but you should know that as well.
It’s diametric opposite target is a white guy like me. Brittney Cooper is in her book: this is a book written by a black woman for black women. (Feb.Should be clear from the beginning as Dr. In these provocative essays, Cooper is both candid and vulnerable, and unwilling to suffer fools. Cooper also cleverly uses Michelle Obama’s hair to craft an artful censure of respectability politics and discusses Beyoncé as a cultural symbol of black female solidarity. Cooper is at her best and most inflammatory in an essay titled “White Girl Tears,” in which she bulldozes white feminists for cultural appropriation and failing to “come get their people” during the 2016 presidential election. Elsewhere in the collection, the author explores her own identity as a black, Southern, Christian feminist and the ways in which personal politics can become incongruous, and she openly admits her own privilege.
In the essay “The Smartest Man I Never Knew,” Cooper uses the story of the attempted murder of Cooper’s mother (while she was pregnant with Cooper) by her mother’s jealous boyfriend as an example of American culture’s toxic masculinity. Many of the essays are deeply personal, with Cooper using her own experiences as springboards to larger concerns.
Cooper, Cosmopolitan contributor and cofounder of the Crunk Feminist Collective blog, provides incisive commentary in this collection of essays about the issues facing black feminists in what she sees as an increasingly retrograde society.
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