From the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum , comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in.
Championing misfits everywhere, this timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power Manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in..
Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion.
An artist to her core, Coel holds up the path of the creative as an emblem of our need to regard one another with care and respect--and transparency.
By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives.
With inspiring insight and wit, Coel lays bare her journey so far and invites us to reflect on our own.
And she tells of her reckoning with trauma and metamorphosis into a champion for herself, inclusivity, and radical honesty.
Building on her celebrated speech, Misfits immerses readers in her vision through powerful allegory and deeply Personal anecdotes--from her coming of age in London public housing to her discovery of theater and her love for storytelling.
When invited to deliver the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Michaela Coel touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender, but the person most significantly impacted was Coel herself.
From the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum , comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in
