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xvi, 320 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Part memoir, part manifesto, [this book] explores what it means to come into your own--on your own terms. By age thirty, Elaine Welteroth had climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings along the way. When she became the youngest and only the second Black editor-in-chief in Condé Nast history, Welteroth helped infuse Teen Vogue with social consciousness, amplifying youth voices on key issues and proving there was more to the selfie generation. Yet as a young boss and the only Black woman in the room, she faced the unspoken consequences of being a barrier-breaker across so many intersections. Throughout her life and career, Welteroth has had to contend with the notion that she wasn't enough. As a young girl: not pretty enough, not smart enough. As a mixed race person: not Black enough, not White enough. As a professional: not old enough, not 'fashion' enough. But now she's had enough of the world telling women they are not enough. In her riveting and timely debut, the groundbreaking journalist 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. Welteroth goes beyond the headlines and highlight reels to offer an honest portrait of what success really looks like for a leader who is what Shonda Rhimes calls an FOD: 'First. Only. Different.' Brimming with vulnerability, humor, and hard-earned wisdom, More Than Enough is, fittingly, much more than a memoir. It is a moving affirmation for anyone who's ever faced fear--and persevered anyway."--Dust jacket. |
| Contents |
Introduction: 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 -- Conclusion: Just the beginning. |
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Welteroth, Elaine, 1986-
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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African American women journalists -- Biography.
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Conduct of life.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational.
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African American women journalists. (OCoLC)fst00799503
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Conduct of life. (OCoLC)fst00874563
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Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
DuVernay, Ava, writer of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Welteroth, Elaine, 1986- author. More than enough New York : Viking, [2019] 9780525561590 (DLC) 2019014560 |
| ISBN |
9780525561583 (hardcover) |
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0525561587 (hardcover) |
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