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The Crunk Feminist Collection curates posts from a group of Black feminist academics whose weekly work left a gap for the conversations they genuinely wanted—about how race and gender politics intersect with pop culture and contemporary events. Since its launch, the blog has attracted an annual readership of nearly one million, fostering dialogue on activist strategies, intersectionality, and sisterhood. The contributors—led by assistant professor Brittney C. Cooper of Rutgers University and joined by scholars Susana M. Morris and Robin M. Boylorn—draw on their identities as Black women, sisters, daughters, lovers, television fans, sports fans, and music lovers. Their essays tackle topics such as sexual power dynamics in the Black church, the legacy of television icon Clair Huxtable, hip‑hop allyship, and academia’s relationship to ego. Described as “critical homegirls,” the writers balance love for hip‑hop and “ratchet” culture with a critique of patriarchy, misogyny, and sexism.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Education & Language/Education
Authors: Brittney C. Cooper
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