Brittney Cooper

But when this millionaire filmmaker read the little old blog of a not even thousandaire professor and heard me say that the way he represented girls like me in his movies essentially hurt my feelings, he didn't ignore me or act like he hadn't seen it or heard it.

He picked up the phone and called me and then he listened and called back and listened again until he could find something useful to make his art better. I had been so swift and sure to proclaim that Tyler Perry hates black women and I was left to consider maybe listening is what love looks like after all. Thank you.

He picked up the phone and called me and then he listened and called back and listened again until he could find something useful to make his art better. I had been so swift and sure to proclaim that Tyler Perry hates black women and I was left to consider maybe listening is what love looks like after all. Thank you.

He picked up the phone and called me and then he listened and called back and listened again until he could find something useful to make his art better. I had been so swift and sure to proclaim that Tyler Perry hates black women and I was left to consider maybe listening is what love looks like after all. Thank you.

Yeah. How did you experience yesterday, Tracer? Cause I don't know how I experienced it.

Yeah. How did you experience yesterday, Tracer? Cause I don't know how I experienced it.

Yeah. How did you experience yesterday, Tracer? Cause I don't know how I experienced it.

Awesome. You know, I just detached fully. I watched Netflix. I had planned for it to be a rest day, by which I mean that I'm procrastinating from writing projects. And then some friends were like, we're going to write. And I was like, sure, I will write today. Any other day when I need to write, I won't do it. But I was like, yes, today I will, you know, I will work on this book.

Awesome. You know, I just detached fully. I watched Netflix. I had planned for it to be a rest day, by which I mean that I'm procrastinating from writing projects. And then some friends were like, we're going to write. And I was like, sure, I will write today. Any other day when I need to write, I won't do it. But I was like, yes, today I will, you know, I will work on this book.

Awesome. You know, I just detached fully. I watched Netflix. I had planned for it to be a rest day, by which I mean that I'm procrastinating from writing projects. And then some friends were like, we're going to write. And I was like, sure, I will write today. Any other day when I need to write, I won't do it. But I was like, yes, today I will, you know, I will work on this book.

Anything to just... not be tempted to like engage the media ecosystem in any way. It just felt like it would be assaultive. And so, you know, I have taken up crafting over the last year. And so at some point I was working on like a complicated crochet project that had me engrossed for a while.

Anything to just... not be tempted to like engage the media ecosystem in any way. It just felt like it would be assaultive. And so, you know, I have taken up crafting over the last year. And so at some point I was working on like a complicated crochet project that had me engrossed for a while.

Anything to just... not be tempted to like engage the media ecosystem in any way. It just felt like it would be assaultive. And so, you know, I have taken up crafting over the last year. And so at some point I was working on like a complicated crochet project that had me engrossed for a while.

And I just let the like New York times notifications come through to tell me like, okay, we've officially left one regime and entered another, but that was about all that I could take. And, You know, I'm a person who, because I struggle with anxiety, don't always see myself as being cool under pressure. But I think I actually am fairly cool under pressure. So I don't freak out in the moment.

And I just let the like New York times notifications come through to tell me like, okay, we've officially left one regime and entered another, but that was about all that I could take. And, You know, I'm a person who, because I struggle with anxiety, don't always see myself as being cool under pressure. But I think I actually am fairly cool under pressure. So I don't freak out in the moment.

And I just let the like New York times notifications come through to tell me like, okay, we've officially left one regime and entered another, but that was about all that I could take. And, You know, I'm a person who, because I struggle with anxiety, don't always see myself as being cool under pressure. But I think I actually am fairly cool under pressure. So I don't freak out in the moment.

And then I woke up this morning and I was like, what in the fuck? Okay. And it really wasn't actually that boisterous. I woke up in tears, which is a really hard thing to admit now. As a certain kind of Black woman in the world, because there is still the belief that we're supposed to be strong all the time.

And then I woke up this morning and I was like, what in the fuck? Okay. And it really wasn't actually that boisterous. I woke up in tears, which is a really hard thing to admit now. As a certain kind of Black woman in the world, because there is still the belief that we're supposed to be strong all the time.

And then I woke up this morning and I was like, what in the fuck? Okay. And it really wasn't actually that boisterous. I woke up in tears, which is a really hard thing to admit now. As a certain kind of Black woman in the world, because there is still the belief that we're supposed to be strong all the time.

And that if you feel sad or have emotions about this, it is because you were naive, like, in thinking that it could be different or that the country was different. And why are you shocked and surprised? And it's like, but my tears weren't tears of shock or surprise. They were just...