Unbound : my story of liberation and the birth of the Me Too movement / Tarana Burke.
Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2021Description: 258 pages : illustration ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781250621733
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
300 - 399 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | Non-fiction | BIOG 362.883 BURK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001208405 |
Browsing Hanover Public Library shelves, Shelving location: Shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
BIOG 362.829 WILL Older sister. Not necessarily related / | BIOG 362.829 ZAFA A good wife : escaping the life I never chose / | BIOG 362.88 RANS Silenced no more : surviving my journey to hell and back / | BIOG 362.883 BURK Unbound : my story of liberation and the birth of the Me Too movement / | BIOG 362.883092 PROU I have the right to : a high school survivor's story of sexual assault, justice, and hope / | BIOG 363.2 LOUT The unexpected cop : Indian Ernie on a life of leadership / | BIOG 363.2092 BUSB The year we disappeared : a father--daughter memoir / |
No alibi -- Me too -- Uptown baby -- Acts of contrition -- Breathe again -- Sunshine and rain -- Fight the power -- What shall I give? -- Indelible -- Brand new day -- Sweet home Alabama -- Heaven -- Hypnotize -- Another storm -- Mercy, mercy, me -- Unbound -- End of the road -- For colored girls.
From the founder and activist behind the "me too" movement, Tarana Burke debuts a memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful words-me too-and how she brought empathy back to an entire generation in one of the largest cultural events in American history. Tarana didn't always have the courage to say "me too." As a child, she reeled from her sexual assault, believing she was responsible. Unable to confess what she thought of as her own sins for fear of shattering her family, her soul split in two. One side was the bright, intellectually curious third generation Bronxite steeped in Black literature and power, and the other was the bad, shame ridden girl who thought of herself as a vile rule breaker, not of a victim. Tarana fought to reunite her fractured soul, through organizing, pursuing justice, and finding community. In her debut memoir she shares her extensive work supporting and empowering Black and brown girls, and the devastating realization that to truly help these girls she needed to help that scared, ashamed child still in her soul. She needed to stop running and confront what had happened to her, for Heaven and Diamond and the countless other young Black women for whom she cared. They gave her the courage to embrace her power. A power which in turn she shared with the entire world. Through these young Black and brown women, Tarana found that we can only offer empathy to others if we first offer it to ourselves.
There are no comments on this title.