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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

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  • Create Date：2021-05-01 12:31:14
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Tarana Burke
  • ISBN：0593451910
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Reviews

Julie ，

The preface provided by Tarana and Brené is critical to understanding the motivation for this book’s manifestation。 It helps to improve your listening ear and is precisely what someone like me， a white person， must do with a book aimed at helping Blacks and POC; we just need to shush up and listen。 These essays offer the opportunity to feel their specific experiences as it applies to the relatability of Brené’s body of work。 Admittedly， Brené states her research and findings apply to every one， The preface provided by Tarana and Brené is critical to understanding the motivation for this book’s manifestation。 It helps to improve your listening ear and is precisely what someone like me， a white person， must do with a book aimed at helping Blacks and POC; we just need to shush up and listen。 These essays offer the opportunity to feel their specific experiences as it applies to the relatability of Brené’s body of work。 Admittedly， Brené states her research and findings apply to every one， but knew it fell short as she only relates to it as a white woman。 Here she has Tarana take the lead on bringing it to the Black experience。 I hope it serves precisely the group intended。 It’s important that we all get to benefit from Brené’s work。 。。。more

Leah Pitfield ，

Inspiring， emotional， poignant essays that touch your heart and often could have been your thoughts。

Amethyst ，

All I needed to know was that Kiese Laymon and Imani Perry contributed to this book to know this was going to be exceptional。 And it is。 It is a tender， loving collection of personal stories from artists and activists。 It is their modeling of vulnerability， expressing their shame， resilience， and their healing journey。 It highlights our shared humanity and our expansiveness; our diversity in geography， sexuality， experiences， trauma， education， etc。 Because of this anthology， I have started jour All I needed to know was that Kiese Laymon and Imani Perry contributed to this book to know this was going to be exceptional。 And it is。 It is a tender， loving collection of personal stories from artists and activists。 It is their modeling of vulnerability， expressing their shame， resilience， and their healing journey。 It highlights our shared humanity and our expansiveness; our diversity in geography， sexuality， experiences， trauma， education， etc。 Because of this anthology， I have started journaling about my personal shame and the ways I have contributed to shaming others， even in my silence。 I’m moved and inspired by Kiese Laymon writing odes and apologies to people he disrespected and harmed and to body parts he neglected。 Glad I purchased the audiobook so I can re-listen to essays when I need to be reminded of my/our worth， my/our abundance， my/our resilience。 。。。more

Traci at The Stacks ，

This anthology is a gift。 I’m glad it exists。 Shame is so toxic and something that we carry and pass on without ever dealing with it。 This book deals with it in many ways。 Centering the uniqueness of Black shame and trauma is necessary。 My personal favorite essays came from （no surprise） Kiese Laymon， Jason Reynolds， and Jessica J。 Williams。My only critique is that the essays don’t feel rooted or connected to each other。 They’re all so different the book becomes confusing。 What is the tone they This anthology is a gift。 I’m glad it exists。 Shame is so toxic and something that we carry and pass on without ever dealing with it。 This book deals with it in many ways。 Centering the uniqueness of Black shame and trauma is necessary。 My personal favorite essays came from （no surprise） Kiese Laymon， Jason Reynolds， and Jessica J。 Williams。My only critique is that the essays don’t feel rooted or connected to each other。 They’re all so different the book becomes confusing。 What is the tone they were attempting strike。 Some essays are narrative and personal some rely heavily on therapy jargon and terminology。 。。。more