Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

4.5 At the side of the central subjects, I identified so much with Brittney's realisation of and being reconciled to her interpersonal skills and social aura.

I won't lie: this book made me uncomfortable. It made me uncomfortable because Cooper eloquently illustrates some terrible truths. It made me uncomfortable because she calls out white women specifically – for being exclusionary in our feminism, for electing Donald Trump, and for our “white women tears.” Dr. Cooper has every right to excoriate white women, and black men too; because conversations of feminism are centered around white women, and conversations of race around black men. Cooper stands up and calls bullshit on that. And through this series of powerful essays, she shares her experience as a black woman and feminist, beautifully merging those vernaculars in what truly can only be called eloquent rage. This is a must-read for inclusionary feminists.