The Bold World

The Bold World
Author :
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 354
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780399179037
ISBN-13 : 0399179038
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Bold World by : Jodie Patterson

Download or read book The Bold World written by Jodie Patterson and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by her transgender son, activist Jodie Patterson explores identity, gender, race, and authenticity to tell the real-life story of a family’s history and transformation. “A courageous and poetic testimony on family and the self, and the learning and unlearning we must do for those we love.”—Janet Mock In 2009, Jodie Patterson, mother of five and beauty entrepreneur, has her world turned upside down when her determined toddler, Penelope, reveals, “Mama, I’m not a girl. I am a boy.” The Pattersons are a tribe of unapologetic Black matriarchs, scholars, financiers, Southern activists, artists, musicians, and disruptors, but with Penelope’s revelation, Jodie realizes her existing definition of family isn’t wide enough for her child’s needs. In The Bold World, we witness Patterson reshaping her own attitudes, beliefs, and biases, learning from her children, and a whole new community, how to meet the needs of her transgender son. In doing so, she opens the minds of those who raised and fortified her, all the while challenging cultural norms and gender expectations. Patterson finds that the fight for racial equality in which her ancestors were so prominent helped pave the way for the current gender revolution. From Georgia to South Carolina, Ghana to Brooklyn, Patterson learns to remove the division between me and you, us and them, straight and queer—and she reminds us to celebrate her uncle Gil Scott Heron’s prophecy that the revolution will not be televised. It will happen deeply, unequivocally, inside each and every one of us. Transition, we learn, doesn’t just belong to the transgender person. Transition, for the sake of knowing more and becoming more, is the responsibility of and gift to all. The Bold World is the result, an intimate and exquisite story of authenticity, courage, and love. Praise for The Bold World “In The Bold World, Jodie Patterson makes a case for respecting everyone’s gender identity by way of showing how she came to accept her son, Penelope. In tying that struggle to the struggle for race rights in this country during her own childhood, she paints a vivid picture of the permanent work of social justice.”—Andrew Solomon, bestselling author of The Noonday Demon and Far from the Tree


The Bold World Related Books

The Bold World
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Jodie Patterson
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-11 - Publisher: Ballantine Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Inspired by her transgender son, activist Jodie Patterson explores identity, gender, race, and authenticity to tell the real-life story of a family’s history
Bold
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Peter H. Diamandis
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-23 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bold is a radical how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positive
Bold New World
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: William Knoke
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-08 - Publisher: Kodansha

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

William Knoke, investment banker and visionary futurist, believes it is not the much-touted Information Age that best defines the new era, but rather what he na
Fortune Favors the Bold
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Lester C. Thurow
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-13 - Publisher: Zondervan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bestselling author and renowned economist Lester Thurow argues forcefully that globalization is not a done deal and we must seize the moment now if we are to cr
Ethix
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Sean McDowell
Categories: Christian ethics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-10-15 - Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With a unique blend of streetwise and scientific Christian teaching, the son of bestselling author Josh McDowell aims to help high school and college students m