The Crunk Feminist CollectionFor the Crunk Feminist Collective, their academic day jobs were lacking in conversations they actually wanted relevant, real conversations about how race and gender politics intersect with pop culture and current events. To address this void, they started a blog that turned into a widespread movement. The Collective's writings foster dialogue about activist methods, intersectionality, and sisterhood. And the writers' personal identities as black

a racist president whose victory represents yet another failure of America to face the lies it tells itself about race

even as her older sister

Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain

and an excerpt from On the Come Up

Bedtime Bonnet gives readers a heartwarming peek into quintessential Black nighttime hair traditions and celebrates the love between all the members of this close-knit

unlike her mother

Before Tabitha Brown was one of the most popular personalities in the world

She and her family have carved out a stable

while the illustrations--created on paper made from banana bark--burst with luxuriant greens and delicate details

In a work that has rapidly become "imperative reading" (Lisa Delpit) on education

she tries lightening herself to no avail

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