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A review by youreadtoomuch
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
5.0
I tend to not read non-fic as much because it's so boring, I zone out or it tends to get academic. Like I do not want to think is what I am trying to say. And from my experience with personal essays (last one I read was about the most boring and ignorant white woman just because the cover was pretty), I just don't care about other people's lives if they are not entertaining and that is an excellent discussion I need to have with myself and my treatment of others.
Anyway, that said: this collection of essays is everything. They all have a grounding theme of anti-blackness and it's difficult to not separate the art from the artist when she so blatantly makes you aware that her identity is nothing without anti-blackness we, as a nation, have upheld for so long. I did not rush through this book as much as I absorbed and read each sentence very carefully at an unrelenting pace. I just did not want to miss anything she was saying. I was angry for most of it, how could I not be? Plus, the writing is excellent. It's just so goddamn good.
Anyway, that said: this collection of essays is everything. They all have a grounding theme of anti-blackness and it's difficult to not separate the art from the artist when she so blatantly makes you aware that her identity is nothing without anti-blackness we, as a nation, have upheld for so long. I did not rush through this book as much as I absorbed and read each sentence very carefully at an unrelenting pace. I just did not want to miss anything she was saying. I was angry for most of it, how could I not be? Plus, the writing is excellent. It's just so goddamn good.