Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

4.48 AVERAGE

jskells's review against another edition

4.0
Wonderful essays.

see_sadie_read's review against another edition

5.0
Really good.

starnosedmole's review

5.0
These essays examine who is socially validated and why, discussing race, gender, and more. Engaging and important.

empresso35's review

4.0
challenging funny informative
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ana_imara's review

4.5
informative reflective fast-paced
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halloweenie09's review

4.0
challenging funny informative reflective slow-paced
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biblioslut's review against another edition

4.5
funny informative reflective sad medium-paced
It is SO👏good👏!  Dr. McMillam Cottom goes off and is compellingly rigorous about preaching many truths.  
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historyofjess's review against another edition

2.0
reflective slow-paced
I'd been looking forward to checking this out, but it so quickly put me off. After the other books I've read about Black feminism, this was just such a let down. The author brushes against some important interesting content when she gets personal, but then it all gets lost in a lot of academic whataboutism. I'm not sure who she thinks her audience is, but it all felt less like someone sharing information and more like a lecture. It's not surprising that one of her essays is focused on the merit of the New York Times hiring a full-time Black woman as an editorial writer, because these essays are rank with the sort of pretentious, overthought writings that the NYT editorial pages have become known for.
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words_w_rae's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 29%
Soft DNF; I believe I will read this one day.

mioshaj's review

5.0
challenging reflective medium-paced