We're Going To Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, And True
by Gabrielle Union /
2017 / English / EPUB
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In the spirit of Amy Poehler’s
In the spirit of Amy Poehler’sYes Please,
Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s
Lena Dunham’sNot That Kind of Girl
Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's
, and Roxane Gay'sBad
Feminist
Bad
Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender,
sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a
modern woman.
, a powerful collection of essays about gender,
sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a
modern woman.
One month before the release of the highly anticipated film
One month before the release of the highly anticipated filmThe Birth of a Nation,
The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the
world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she
urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual
violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director
and actor Nate Parker, Union—a forty-four-year-old actress who
launched her career with roles in iconic ’90s movies—instantly
became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been
desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she
revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: "It is for
you that I am speaking. This is real. We are real."
actress Gabrielle Union shook the
world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she
urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual
violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director
and actor Nate Parker, Union—a forty-four-year-old actress who
launched her career with roles in iconic ’90s movies—instantly
became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been
desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she
revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: "It is for
you that I am speaking. This is real. We are real."
In this moving collection of thought provoking essays infused
with her unique wisdom and deep humor, Union uses that same
fearlessness to tell astonishingly personal and true stories
about power, color, gender, feminism, and fame. Union tackles a
range of experiences, including bullying, beauty standards, and
competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white
California suburbia and then spending summers with her black
relatives in Nebraska, coping with crushes, puberty, and the
divorce of her parents. Genuine and perceptive, Union bravely
lays herself bare, uncovering a complex and courageous life of
self-doubt and self-discovery with incredible poise and brutal
honesty. Throughout, she compels us to be ethical and empathetic,
and reminds us of the importance of confidence, self-awareness,
and the power of sharing truth, laughter, and support.
In this moving collection of thought provoking essays infused
with her unique wisdom and deep humor, Union uses that same
fearlessness to tell astonishingly personal and true stories
about power, color, gender, feminism, and fame. Union tackles a
range of experiences, including bullying, beauty standards, and
competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white
California suburbia and then spending summers with her black
relatives in Nebraska, coping with crushes, puberty, and the
divorce of her parents. Genuine and perceptive, Union bravely
lays herself bare, uncovering a complex and courageous life of
self-doubt and self-discovery with incredible poise and brutal
honesty. Throughout, she compels us to be ethical and empathetic,
and reminds us of the importance of confidence, self-awareness,
and the power of sharing truth, laughter, and support.