Brittney Cooper

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.

But I was also starting to see what my friends were saying, because I went to see The Family That Prays, and the female character in that movie is so villainized that by the time her husband knocks the shit out of her, the women in the theater are hooting and hollering again, but this time, I'm not hollering with them. Because you know, I'm a feminist now. and that's domestic violence.

But I was also starting to see what my friends were saying, because I went to see The Family That Prays, and the female character in that movie is so villainized that by the time her husband knocks the shit out of her, the women in the theater are hooting and hollering again, but this time, I'm not hollering with them. Because you know, I'm a feminist now. and that's domestic violence.

But I was also starting to see what my friends were saying, because I went to see The Family That Prays, and the female character in that movie is so villainized that by the time her husband knocks the shit out of her, the women in the theater are hooting and hollering again, but this time, I'm not hollering with them. Because you know, I'm a feminist now. and that's domestic violence.

So I'm starting to think maybe me and Tyler might have to break up. Fast forward, I finished my PhD. I get a job as a professor at a big state school in the deep south. Tyler and I have broken up, but his star has continued to ascend. And I'm trying to figure out how to wear this big old title as both a PhD and a critic, even though I come from people that don't really have fancy titles.

So I'm starting to think maybe me and Tyler might have to break up. Fast forward, I finished my PhD. I get a job as a professor at a big state school in the deep south. Tyler and I have broken up, but his star has continued to ascend. And I'm trying to figure out how to wear this big old title as both a PhD and a critic, even though I come from people that don't really have fancy titles.

So I'm starting to think maybe me and Tyler might have to break up. Fast forward, I finished my PhD. I get a job as a professor at a big state school in the deep south. Tyler and I have broken up, but his star has continued to ascend. And I'm trying to figure out how to wear this big old title as both a PhD and a critic, even though I come from people that don't really have fancy titles.

So I call up my girls, who are mostly first-generation PhDs themselves, and we form a crew and a blog called the Crunk Feminists Collective. So around this time, Tyler puts out a show called The Haves and The Have Nots. And like a good feminist, I tune in to hate watch the show. And as suspected, as expected, he gives me something to hate.

So I call up my girls, who are mostly first-generation PhDs themselves, and we form a crew and a blog called the Crunk Feminists Collective. So around this time, Tyler puts out a show called The Haves and The Have Nots. And like a good feminist, I tune in to hate watch the show. And as suspected, as expected, he gives me something to hate.

So I call up my girls, who are mostly first-generation PhDs themselves, and we form a crew and a blog called the Crunk Feminists Collective. So around this time, Tyler puts out a show called The Haves and The Have Nots. And like a good feminist, I tune in to hate watch the show. And as suspected, as expected, he gives me something to hate.

So the next day, I go to the Crunk Feminist Collective blog and I pin a post called Tyler Perry Hates Black Women. Now let me say, that some high-profile feminists would be coming through and reading the blog, but I didn't really think any famous, famous people were reading the blog. So imagine my surprise the next day when I get an email subject line. Tyler Perry wants to talk to you.

So the next day, I go to the Crunk Feminist Collective blog and I pin a post called Tyler Perry Hates Black Women. Now let me say, that some high-profile feminists would be coming through and reading the blog, but I didn't really think any famous, famous people were reading the blog. So imagine my surprise the next day when I get an email subject line. Tyler Perry wants to talk to you.

So the next day, I go to the Crunk Feminist Collective blog and I pin a post called Tyler Perry Hates Black Women. Now let me say, that some high-profile feminists would be coming through and reading the blog, but I didn't really think any famous, famous people were reading the blog. So imagine my surprise the next day when I get an email subject line. Tyler Perry wants to talk to you.

I think it's a joke, right? But I open the email, I call the number back, and it's not a joke. His assistant gets on the phone and she says, oh. He wants to talk to you. So we set up a time to talk, like the next day. And the day in between, I spend my time calling all my homegirls going, what we gonna do? And the consensus among the feminist cabal is finishing.

I think it's a joke, right? But I open the email, I call the number back, and it's not a joke. His assistant gets on the phone and she says, oh. He wants to talk to you. So we set up a time to talk, like the next day. And the day in between, I spend my time calling all my homegirls going, what we gonna do? And the consensus among the feminist cabal is finishing.

I think it's a joke, right? But I open the email, I call the number back, and it's not a joke. His assistant gets on the phone and she says, oh. He wants to talk to you. So we set up a time to talk, like the next day. And the day in between, I spend my time calling all my homegirls going, what we gonna do? And the consensus among the feminist cabal is finishing.

They're like, we have been waiting our whole careers for this and you have been chosen. So you gotta do that shit. And I'm like, but it's Tyler Perry though. So the next day, I've now moved to New Jersey. I'm a professor at a state school in New Jersey. I'm sitting in my one bedroom apartment with peeling paint.

They're like, we have been waiting our whole careers for this and you have been chosen. So you gotta do that shit. And I'm like, but it's Tyler Perry though. So the next day, I've now moved to New Jersey. I'm a professor at a state school in New Jersey. I'm sitting in my one bedroom apartment with peeling paint.

They're like, we have been waiting our whole careers for this and you have been chosen. So you gotta do that shit. And I'm like, but it's Tyler Perry though. So the next day, I've now moved to New Jersey. I'm a professor at a state school in New Jersey. I'm sitting in my one bedroom apartment with peeling paint.

The person that lives across the hall from me is a grad student because it turns out the professor money doesn't go as far as you think it does when you don't come from generational wealth. And I'm waiting on a famous millionaire filmmaker to call my phone. And I also have an intense need to pee, but I'm afraid to make a run for it. So, right on time, the phone rings.