Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

by Brittney Cooper

One of feminism’s biggest failures is its failure to insist that feminism is, first and foremost, about truly, deeply, and unapologetically loving women.

I love being a woman and being a friend to other women should be feminism’s tagline. If this isn’t true for you, you aren’t a feminist. I’m not much on pulling people’s feminist cards, but some shit we should just be able to say.

I wonder about a world in which you can be kind to everyone but the people who belong to you.

The problem with the 2016 presidential election is simple: White feminists did not come get their people.