ELOQUENT RAGE A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

Author and narrator Brittney Cooper declares a “homegirl intervention” in her memoir on inclusive and intersectional feminism aimed primarily at adult women. Cooper’s Black feminism is grounded in her experiences navigating the world as a self-professed nerdy Black girl. As she delves into the choices, events, and ideas that shaped her life, 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. J.R.T. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2018]