Brittney Cooper

So in the early 2000s, I became the first person in my family to graduate from college and to go on to pursue a PhD. Now when you go to med school, you become a doctor. And when you go to law school, you become a lawyer. But when you go to grad school in the humanities, you become a critic.

So in the early 2000s, I became the first person in my family to graduate from college and to go on to pursue a PhD. Now when you go to med school, you become a doctor. And when you go to law school, you become a lawyer. But when you go to grad school in the humanities, you become a critic.

So in the early 2000s, I became the first person in my family to graduate from college and to go on to pursue a PhD. Now when you go to med school, you become a doctor. And when you go to law school, you become a lawyer. But when you go to grad school in the humanities, you become a critic.

Imagine studying for six years for the express privilege of telling everybody who's ever written or said anything what is wrong with what they have said. Imagine further explaining this to your family at Thanksgiving. So one of the ways that I would cope with this unfortunate turn of events is that I would go to the movies, typically a matinee on a Wednesday.

Imagine studying for six years for the express privilege of telling everybody who's ever written or said anything what is wrong with what they have said. Imagine further explaining this to your family at Thanksgiving. So one of the ways that I would cope with this unfortunate turn of events is that I would go to the movies, typically a matinee on a Wednesday.

Imagine studying for six years for the express privilege of telling everybody who's ever written or said anything what is wrong with what they have said. Imagine further explaining this to your family at Thanksgiving. So one of the ways that I would cope with this unfortunate turn of events is that I would go to the movies, typically a matinee on a Wednesday.

And my favorite filmmaker at the time was Tyler Perry. When I went to see Diary of a Mad Black Woman, I thought to myself, here is a man who understands black women who have been done wrong. When Kimberly Elise's character slaps the shit out of the husband that has been abusing her, I'm in the theater hooting and hollering with all the ladies in there.

And my favorite filmmaker at the time was Tyler Perry. When I went to see Diary of a Mad Black Woman, I thought to myself, here is a man who understands black women who have been done wrong. When Kimberly Elise's character slaps the shit out of the husband that has been abusing her, I'm in the theater hooting and hollering with all the ladies in there.

And my favorite filmmaker at the time was Tyler Perry. When I went to see Diary of a Mad Black Woman, I thought to myself, here is a man who understands black women who have been done wrong. When Kimberly Elise's character slaps the shit out of the husband that has been abusing her, I'm in the theater hooting and hollering with all the ladies in there.

But at the same time, I'm also becoming a feminist. And you know, I'm down for smashing the patriarchy and everything. But nobody tells you that the first casualty of a feminist analysis is movies. You hate them because you see the patriarchy absolutely everywhere. You become a feminist and suddenly you can't like anything anymore. You're a professional unliker of everything.

But at the same time, I'm also becoming a feminist. And you know, I'm down for smashing the patriarchy and everything. But nobody tells you that the first casualty of a feminist analysis is movies. You hate them because you see the patriarchy absolutely everywhere. You become a feminist and suddenly you can't like anything anymore. You're a professional unliker of everything.

But at the same time, I'm also becoming a feminist. And you know, I'm down for smashing the patriarchy and everything. But nobody tells you that the first casualty of a feminist analysis is movies. You hate them because you see the patriarchy absolutely everywhere. You become a feminist and suddenly you can't like anything anymore. You're a professional unliker of everything.

Or as they say in the hood, I'm getting a PhD, playa hatin' degree. It occurs to me though, that I like these movies, so I'ma keep going, but I'm just not gonna tell my feminist friends how much I like the movies. Because every time I talk to them, they're using language like tropes and representations and how problematic the films are.

Or as they say in the hood, I'm getting a PhD, playa hatin' degree. It occurs to me though, that I like these movies, so I'ma keep going, but I'm just not gonna tell my feminist friends how much I like the movies. Because every time I talk to them, they're using language like tropes and representations and how problematic the films are.

Or as they say in the hood, I'm getting a PhD, playa hatin' degree. It occurs to me though, that I like these movies, so I'ma keep going, but I'm just not gonna tell my feminist friends how much I like the movies. Because every time I talk to them, they're using language like tropes and representations and how problematic the films are.

But what I'm thinking to myself is, but in Daddy's Little Girls, Gabrielle Union's character snags fine-ass Idris Elba, and I don't know a straight black girl that don't want Idris. And I'm also thinking, this feels a little bit like home. You know, Tyler Perry built his career making these Madea stage plays. And there was like an underground economy of VHS dubs that you could get of these plays.

But what I'm thinking to myself is, but in Daddy's Little Girls, Gabrielle Union's character snags fine-ass Idris Elba, and I don't know a straight black girl that don't want Idris. And I'm also thinking, this feels a little bit like home. You know, Tyler Perry built his career making these Madea stage plays. And there was like an underground economy of VHS dubs that you could get of these plays.

But what I'm thinking to myself is, but in Daddy's Little Girls, Gabrielle Union's character snags fine-ass Idris Elba, and I don't know a straight black girl that don't want Idris. And I'm also thinking, this feels a little bit like home. You know, Tyler Perry built his career making these Madea stage plays. And there was like an underground economy of VHS dubs that you could get of these plays.

So I remember watching one of these plays with my auntie and her laughing hysterically. And I'm sitting there going like, the play look a little low budget. But Madea is a gun-toting, a pistol-toting granny. And my granny was a pistol-toting granny. So it kind of worked for me.

So I remember watching one of these plays with my auntie and her laughing hysterically. And I'm sitting there going like, the play look a little low budget. But Madea is a gun-toting, a pistol-toting granny. And my granny was a pistol-toting granny. So it kind of worked for me.