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379. Post-Inauguration Family Meeting: How We Will Get Through with Brittney Cooper & Rebecca Traister 

Activists, writers, and organizers – Brittney Cooper and Rebecca Traister – join us to talk about the inauguration and what’s next. They share their thoughts, feelings, and advice on how to survive the next four years. 

-The historical playbook for what’s happening now and how we can utilize the wisdom of the past 

-Why you may need to have an adult temper tantrum right now (and how to safely do that) 

-The surprising reason it’s important to not resist the victory and accept defeat

On Brittney and Rebecca: 

Brittney Cooper is Professor of Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University and author of the New York Times bestseller Eloquent Rage. 

Rebecca Traister is writer at large for New York Magazine and the author of New York Times bestsellers All the Single Ladies and Good and Mad, as well as the award winning Big Girls Don't Cry, about gender race and class in the 2008 elections.