When we titled it, it all sort of came together for me,” Cottom said. “‘Thick’ was the last essay I wrote in this book. In Tuesday’s interview, Noah asked Cottom what she aimed to accomplish in writing “Thick,” a term he noted encompasses personality, body and “all the ideas that go into what society perceives black women to be or what she should be.” Noah, who last interviewed Cottom in 2017 about her previous book, “ Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy,” (The New Press), called “Thick” an “amazing book by an amazing woman.” Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the College of Humanities and Sciences, was interviewed Tuesday on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” about her critically acclaimed new book, “ Thick: And Other Essays.”Ĭottom’s book, published this month by The New Press, is a nuanced and multifaceted portrayal of the experience of black womanhood, exploring topics including beauty, media, money and pop culture.
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