Book
More than enough : claiming space for who you are (no matter what they say)
Publication Information
[United States] : Penguin Books, 2020.
Physical Description
xvii, 320, 7 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
"In this part-manifesto, part-memoir, the revolutionary editor who infused social consciousness into the pages of Teen Vogue explores what it means to come into your own--on your own terms Throughout her life, Elaine Welteroth has climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings along the way. In this riveting and timely memoir, the groundbreaking journalist unpacks lessons on race, identity, and success through her own journey, from navigating her way as the unstoppable child of a unlikely interracial marriage in small-town California to finding herself on the frontlines of a modern movement for the next generation of change makers. Welteroth moves beyond the headlines and highlight reels to share the profound lessons and struggles of being a barrier-breaker across so many intersections. As a young boss and the only black woman in the room, she's had enough of the world telling her--and all women--they're not enough. As she learns to rely on herself by looking both inward and upward, we're ultimately reminded that we're more than enough"--
By age thirty Welteroth became the youngest and only the second Black editor-in-chief in Condé Nast history. She helped infuse Teen Vogue with social consciousness, amplifying youth voices on key issues and proving there was more to the selfie generation. As a young boss and the only Black woman in the room, she has had to contend with the notion that she wasn't enough. Now she unpacks profound lessons on race, identity, power, ambition, and love-- from forging her own path as the determined child of an unlikely interracial marriage in small-town California, to finding her voice on the front lines of a modern movement. -- adapted from jacket
Notes
Includes a readers guide.
Contents
- Foreward / Intention
- Born enough
- White paper family
- Brown girl boss
- Pretty or butt ugly
- Ride or die syndrome
- Black enough
- I am not my hair
- A different kind of white
- The college crisis
- Your dreams are calling
- Started from the bottom
- Are you my husband?
- When it all falls down
- A seat at the table
- New world order
- Disturbing the peace
- New highs, new lows
- Lemonade
- Weight of the world
- The ones we've been waiting for
- Burning out
- End of an era
- A dream realized
- Brave enough
- Just the beginning
- A Penguin reader's guide to: More than Enough.