4.48 AVERAGE

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missberlyreads's review

4.0

Great addition to the canon of Black feminist text, and very accesible.

elrchang's review

5.0

really enjoying essay books recently and i liked her style a lot. big fan of the data driven personal essays.
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hannireads's review

4.0
informative reflective medium-paced

julietcarpenter's review

4.0

powerful, speaks deep truths I needed to hear. This one will stay with me.

sofiagonzalez's review

5.0

my salve, my bible, my everything
medium-paced
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rachelkb's review


It’s just perfect.

Six essays that made me deeply examine and then rethink everything I thought about race, class, and gender. And Cottom somehow manages to do all that while being very very funny.

Bonus points for reminding me why I dropped out of grad school. She’s an academic, yes, but also a glorious challenge to the academic culture and I love that she’s winning.

Read this now. And then re-read it in a few months. Buy copies for friends. All the things.

ckkurata529's review

5.0
emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
funny informative reflective fast-paced

Every essay was interesting and provided thinking points. Tressie’s voice is very powerful and it shows through her writing. Good read for those who want to learn more about intersectionality. 
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paulineg's review

4.0
challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced