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“Thick is sure to become a classic.”
—The New York Times Book Review
Smart, humorous, and strikingly original essays by one of “America’s most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time” (Rebecca Traister)
In these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom—award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed—embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society.
Ideas and identity fuse effortlessly in this vibrant collection that on bookshelves is just as at home alongside Rebecca Solnit and bell hooks as it is beside Jeff Chang and Janet Mock. It also fills an important void on those very shelves a modern black American feminist voice waxing poetic on self and society, serving up a healthy portion of clever prose and southern aphorisms as she covers everything from Saturday Night Live, LinkedIn, and BBQ Becky to sexual violence, infant mortality, and Trump rallies. Thick speaks fearlessly to a range of topics and is far more genre-bending than a typical compendium of personal essays.
An intrepid intellectual force hailed by the likes of Trevor Noah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Oprah, Tressie McMillan Cottom is “among America’s most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time” (Rebecca Traister). This stunning debut collection—in all its intersectional glory—mines for meaning in places many of us miss, and reveals precisely how the political, the social, and the personal are almost always one and the same.
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"This was the perfect book to tuck into in the new year. I really appreciate Tressie's writing style, which is down to earth and also chock full of data (as seen by her copious footnotes and citations at the end of the book). She offers up delicious, thoughtful takes on politics, womanhood, beauty, and race in a way that feels like she's having a conversation with you in person. I bought a copy for myself and my mother, as well as for my homegirl. So, so good."
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Thick And Other Essays Tressie McMillan Cottom 9781620974360 Books Reviews
- First off I have zero qualifications for evaluating Prof. McMillan’s work— she’s a scholar, author and sociologist with a decade-long track record of exceptional work. I’m merely a reader and student of the human condition in all its permutations. But I literally could not wait for Thick’s physical publication date — every review made me that much more impatient to read it for myself — and I’m so glad I finally grabbed a edition. These essays are so crammed full of striking observations about America’s current and historical racial/economic/class schisms, I feel like it’ll take me two or three more reads to process even half of her well-reasoned arguments. Not unlike reading Plato’s dialogues, this book thrust me immediately into a series of challenging conversations with a wickedly sharp thinker, and left me keenly aware of how little I truly know about the world, for which I am very grateful.
- I cried real tears on a subway just reading Tressie McMillan Cottom's introduction to this book. Then cried harder at home, when I dug into the essays. And then laughed out loud as I polished off the last one, and was sad that it was already over. Tressie is a treasure and this collection is a gem. She connects, in every meaning of the word--the book is packed with lines that hit like a gut punch and overflowing with real human emotion. You won't be disappointed.
- I bought this book immediately after seeing the author on The Daily Show (episode of 1/15/19) and devoured it in two days. These essays deftly weave data and personal narrative in such a compelling way that you find yourself agreeing with every argument she makes.
They are not easy to read from an emotional standpoint, but they are supremely enjoyable to read from a literary one. McMillan-Cotton's voice is one you want to listen to. Even as you may cringe at the subject matter (and your complicity in it). - This book of essays is stunning and stellar and needed during this era. Dr. Cottom exposes the hard truth and speaks to power and the realities of what has and has not changed over time in the U.S. I highly recommend the book.
- This was the perfect book to tuck into in the new year. I really appreciate Tressie's writing style, which is down to earth and also chock full of data (as seen by her copious footnotes and citations at the end of the book). She offers up delicious, thoughtful takes on politics, womanhood, beauty, and race in a way that feels like she's having a conversation with you in person. I bought a copy for myself and my mother, as well as for my homegirl. So, so good.
- Dr. Cottom had delivered an amazing book of essays that challenges how we see, feel and think about Black women. I am numb in a good way because she's so spot on in her essays. Essays such as Know Your Whites, makes us think differently about how black people can successfully navigate this country if you don't know what motivates white people to do what they do. For example, how do you go from voting for Obama to voting for a racist and misogynistic person in Trump. Protecting whiteness.
- Every essay spoke to my own experiences while also pushing me to think deeper. Hilarious, thought provoking and emotional. Highly recommend
- I tore through Tressie McMillan Cottom's book in just a few hours, underlining copiously. There is so much wisdom and humor here, and her essay In The Name of Beauty is something I will return to again and again for its brilliance and boldness. Highly recommended!
- Leta Hong Fincher
