Brittney Cooper

Black feminist author, activist and pundit

Brittney Cooper
Cooper in 2017
Born	Ruston, Louisiana, U.S.
Education	Howard University (BA) Emory University (MA, PhD)
Occupation(s)	Author, pundit, cultural critic
Employer	Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Website	Official website

Brittney Cooper is a tenured professor of Women and Gender Studies, author, professor, activist, and cultural critic. Her areas of research and work include black women organizations, black women intellectuals, and hip-hop feminism.^[1] In 2013 and 2014, she was named to the Root.com's Root 100, an annual list of top Black influencers.^[2]

Cooper is from Ruston, Louisiana.^[1]

Career

Cooper currently works as an associate professor of women's and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.^[1]^[3] She is a co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective and co-editor of the collection of essays of the same title, which explore intersectionality, African-American culture, and hip-hop feminism.^[4]^[5]

Publications

Cooper has written three books.

Her first book was Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women, published in 2017 by University of Illinois Press. A book review from National Public Radio (NPR) called Beyond Respectability "a work of crucial cultural study."^[6]

Cooper also co-authored and edited The Crunk Feminist Collection (published in 2017 by The Feminist Press at City University of New York) along with Susana M. Morris and Robin M. Boylorn.^{[citation needed]} The book collection received positive acclaim from Publishers Weekly,^[7] Kirkus Reviews,^[8] Literary Hub,^[9] and Ebony.^[10] The collection is a series of essays that originated on the blog The Crunk Feminist Collective, which Cooper co-founded.^[11]

In 2018, her book Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower was published by St. Martin's Press. In it, Cooper explores black feminism and anger, specifically the anger of black women, as a basis for revolutionary action.^[3]

Books

The Crunk Feminist Collection (2017) ISBN 1558619437
Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women (2017) ISBN 0252082486
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018) ISBN 1250112575

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cooper, Brittney". Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ Noble, Barnes & Noble. "The Crunk Feminist Collection". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Burnley, Malcolm (June 20, 2020). "Author Brittney Cooper on Harnessing Rage, Right Now". New York Times. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020.
^ Sanders, Joshunda (May 30, 2017). "Let's Get Crunk: Women in Hip Hop Get A Magnum Opus in "The Crunk Feminist Collection"". Bitch Media. Archived from the original on April 23, 2018.
^ Kai, Maiysha (March 20, 2018). "Eloquent Rage: Brittney Cooper Knows the Beauty of the 'Angry Black Woman'". The Root. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018.
^ "In 'Beyond Respectability,' A History of Black Women As Public Intellectuals". NPR.org. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Crunk Feminist Collection by Edited by Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn. Feminist, $24.95 trade paper (312p) ISBN 978-155861-943-2". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ THE CRUNK FEMINIST COLLECTION. January 1, 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "11 Essential Women to Read for International Women's Day (and Beyond) | Literary Hub". lithub.com. March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ "Write the Power: Four Powerful Must-Reads – EBONY". www.ebony.com. February 3, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ "People". The Crunk Feminist Collective. December 29, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2018.