You are your best thing : vulnerability, shame resilience, and the Black experience -- an anthology / edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown.

"It started as a text between two friends. Tarana Burke, founder of the 'me too' movement, texted researcher and writer, Brené Brown, to see if she was free to jump on a call. Brené assumed that Tarana wanted to talk about wallpaper. They had been trading home decorating inspiration b...

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Other Authors: Burke, Tarana (Editor), Brown, Brené (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Between us: a reckoning with my mother / Jason Reynolds
  • This joy I have / Austin Channing Brown
  • Dirty business: the messy affair of rejecting shame / Tanya Denise Fields
  • My head is a part of my body and other notes on crazy / Kiese Makeba Laymon
  • The wisdom of process / Prentis Hemphill
  • Love lifted me: subverting shame narratives and legitimizing vulnerability as a mechanism for healing women in the black church / Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts
  • Never too much / Marc Lamont Hill
  • We are human too: on blackness, vulnerability, disability, and the work ahead / Keah Brown
  • What's in a name? / Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  • The blues of vulnerability: love and healing black youth / Shawn A. Ginwright
  • Filling every page with joy: rewriting trauma and shame / Kaia Naadira
  • Honoring our stories, transforming our pain / Deran Young
  • Running out of gas / Sonya Renee Taylor
  • My journey: vulnerability, rage, and being black in the art world / by Irene Antonia Diane Reece
  • Unlearning shame and remembering love / Yolo Akili Robinson
  • Hurt people hurt people / Laverne Cox
  • Black surrender within the ivory tower / Jessica J. Williams
  • Steps to being whole, on your terms / Aiko D. Bethea
  • To you: Vulnerable mother, a choreo-essay / Imani Perry
  • Where the truth rests / Tarana Burke.