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4.48 AVERAGE
4.48 AVERAGE
What can I say that hasn’t already been said about this essay collection? McMillan Cottom touches on Black womanhood, patriarchy, respectability politics, capitalism, and weaves in so many other topics along the way doing so meticulously and thoughtfully. Unsurprisingly, MC is a master at integrating her own experiences with an air tight argumentation structure. Some of the content is dense, but as an academic I’m already pretty used to this type of writing and McMillan Cottom writes clearer than many academics do IMO. Regardless, this collection is meant to be read slowly anyway. It won’t be for everyone but after reading it I feel affirmed as a Black woman with multiple intersecting identities. Such a pleasure to read.
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A fascinating collection of essays from the brilliant mind of Cottom. I appreciate her discussion regarding classism and nuances in the south, and learned a lot from her sharing her personal experiences. She makes the academic concepts more accessible with plain language,
which I really appreciate as well.
which I really appreciate as well.
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I wasn't ready for this book to be over.
This is such a thoughtful, painful, personal, and well-researched collection of essays. I fully expect to come back to this book over and over again, and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
This is such a thoughtful, painful, personal, and well-researched collection of essays. I fully expect to come back to this book over and over again, and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
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Exceptional. Deeply nuanced writing intent on revealing the inconvenient truths of culture.
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I admittedly only finished this one because GoodReads negged me by sending my "annual" reading list on December 16th - I STILL HAD TWO WEEKS OF READING LEFT, GOODREADS!
A book that I was 50% through with generous spacing was irresistible.
I struggled initially because the introduction felt very long, and I was having a hard time absorbing the academic language (NOT Cottom's fault! Just my brain in this particular month).
But I'm so glad I stuck with it, because I ended up really loving the essays later in the book, particularly Black Girlhood, Interrupted and Girl 6.
A book that I was 50% through with generous spacing was irresistible.
I struggled initially because the introduction felt very long, and I was having a hard time absorbing the academic language (NOT Cottom's fault! Just my brain in this particular month).
But I'm so glad I stuck with it, because I ended up really loving the essays later in the book, particularly Black Girlhood, Interrupted and Girl 6.
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While I appreciated Cottom's perspective, I did not find much in this collection of essays.