{"product_id":"thick-and-other-essays-paperback","title":"Thick: And Other Essays (Paperback)","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Tressie McMillan Cottom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #24d7de;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollected in an indispensable volume that speaks to the everywoman and the erudite alike, these unforgettable essays never fail to be painfully honest and gloriously affirming and hold a mirror to your soul and to that of America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom--award-winning professor and acclaimed author--is unapologetically \"thick\" deemed \"thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less,\" McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work. \u003cem\u003eThick\u003c\/em\u003e transforms narrative moments into analyses of whiteness, Black misogyny, and status-signaling as means of survival for Black women with writing that is as deft as it is amusing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis transgressive, provocative, and brilliant collection cements McMillan Cottom's position as a public thinker capable of shedding new light on what the personal essay can do. She turns her chosen form into a showcase for her critical dexterity, investigating everything from Saturday Night Live, LinkedIn, and BBQ Becky to sexual violence, infant mortality, and Trump rallies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #24d7de;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTressie McMillan Cottom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer work has been featured by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, PBS, NPR, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among others. 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