{"product_id":"thick-and-other-essays","title":"Thick: And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eCottom, Tressie McMillan.\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom—award-winning professor and acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLower Ed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"transforms narrative moments into analyses of whiteness, black misogyny, and status-signaling as means of survival for black women\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) with \"writing that is as deft as it is amusing\" (Darnell L. Moore).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \"transgressive, provocative, and brilliant\" (Roxane Gay) 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, LinkedIn, and BBQ Becky to sexual violence, infant mortality, and Trump rallies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eANF Current Events \u0026amp; Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The House Tuscaloosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43798874554502,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/2745\/7620\/files\/THick.heic?v=1775070909","url":"https:\/\/the-house-tuscaloosa.myshopify.com\/products\/thick-and-other-essays","provider":"The House Tuscaloosa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}