A Renaissance of Our Own

A Memoir and Manifesto on Reimagining

Rachel E. Cargle

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Bodley Head
29 August 2023

Society & Social Sciences; Social discrimination; Feminism & feminist theory; Gender studies: women; Political manifestos; Political activism

A deeply personal, thoroughly researched and unflinching examination of feminism through the lens of race calling for a new understanding of our relationships with ourselves and one another--from a leading public academic, writer, lecturer, and activist.

After a photograph of her standing with her white friend at the 2017 Women's March went viral, then twenty-seven-year old Rachel Cargle began to wonder, What is her place in the feminist movement? Is feminist solidarity even a possibility? She started documenting her investigation into these questions and many others via Instagram, which grew into a robust community of nearly two million members. Now, in I Don't Want Your Love and Light, Cargle shares her journey, depicting the framework for true allyship that she discovered along the way.

According to Cargle, true freedom from the structures that reinforce white supremacy comes through a three-art process- knowledge + empathy + action. I Don't Want Your Love and Light describes Cargle's journey towards her own liberation from the constructs that confine and limit not just Black women, but all people. Both a memoir and a manifesto, this book offers a way for all readers to reimagine the world and their place in it. Cargle presents a map toward a freer, more equal world--one that is not based on hierarchy or othering, but on seeing one another for who we really are.

By: Rachel E. Cargle
Imprint: Bodley Head
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781847926746
ISBN 10: 1847926746
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 29 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel Cargle is an Akron, Ohio-born public academic, writer, and lecturer working at the intersection of race and womanhood. She is the creator of The Great Unlearn, an online learning space that provides resources and critical discourse with a monthly curriculum taught by Black academics and thinkers whose work points toward a more equitable future. She is also the founder of Elizabeth's of Akron, a bookstore and writing center that promotes, amplifies and celebrates marginalized voices, and she founded The Loveland Foundation, Inc. which offers free mental health care through the Therapy Fund for Black women and girls. Social- IG- @rachel.cargle; TW- @rachelcargle; FB- @rachelecargle

Reviews for A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir and Manifesto on Reimagining

Rachel Cargle is that rare sort of phoenix who rises from the ashes of her life not only reborn on the personal level, but also fully ready to change the world ... an elegant, thoughtful, vulnerable, and inspiring memoir * Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic * Dazzling -a loving, bold tale of imagination, bravery, and radical action in the face of injustice * Elle * Profoundly moving and powerful ... you will leave these pages changed for the better * Gabrielle Union, author of We're Going to Need More Wine * Cargle recounts how she spun silk out of the thread bare yarns of patriarchy and white supremacy while reminding readers that such alchemy is possible ... if we give ourselves permission to re-imagine our existences and recreate ourselves in our own divine image * Sonya Renee Taylor, author of The Body is Not an Apology * Beautiful ... This book is not meant to be simply consumed but explored * Joy Harden Bradford, founder of Therapy for Black Girls and author of Sisterhood Heals *