“Brittney Cooper is a national treasure. This book is just so good.” —Rebecca Traister

“Rigorous, honest, heartfelt, compassionate, and challenging.” —Mychal Denzel Smith

“I was waiting for an author who wouldn’t forget, ignore, or erase us black girls as they told their own story and that of the race and the nation. She has come—in Brittney Cooper.” —Melissa Harris Perry