
Erased
What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us
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This new audiobook is written and read New York Times bestselling author of The Three Mothers, Anna Malaika Tubbs. In Erased, Anna recovers all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy.
Patriarchy has oppressed women and denied their contributions worldwide, but the United States of America has its own unique gendered hierarchy. Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs applies her signature blend of approachable yet rigorous analysis in this definitive and groundbreaking history of American patriarchy. She proves that humanity in the United States is determined by gender in a limited and flawed binary that is also always tied to whiteness. Tubbs shows how a fabricated hierarchy became so deeply ingrained over time that it now goes unnoticed, along with everything it intentionally conceals.
From the founding fathers to the current Supreme Court justices, from the treatment of enslaved women to the American maternal health crises, from the exclusion of women in the Constitution to the continued lack of an Equal Rights Amendment, Tubbs brings together academic research, the stories of freedom fighters both past and present, and her own experiences to reveal what is erased in the wake of American patriarchy. The system has survived by hiding the tools that are necessary to dismantle it. But Tubbs beautifully reminds us that those tools, including our intuition, courage, ancient wisdom, and power, are still well within our reach.
Erased is the story of the United States from a new perspective: one where the people who shaped this country–who have been oppressed and whose contributions have been denied–are at the center, reminding us that we can restore what has been strategically kept from us. Once again, Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs has written a book that will be a touchstone for conversations on gender, race, and equity for years to come.
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
©2025 Anna Malaika Tubbs (P)2025 Macmillan AudioCritic reviews
Praise for Erased
“A primer for understanding the way and why of patriarchy that couldn't be more on time. Anna's remarkable storytelling makes this more than an academic exercise—it places you right in the center of it, and asks you to engage directly with how we help patriarchy persist, and more importantly, what's at stake for all of us if we dare to resist—and leave no one behind along the way.” —Alicia Garza, civil rights activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement
“With Erased, Anna Malaika Tubbs offers a visionary and clear-eyed understanding of patriarchy that goes beyond the incomplete definitions that many of us have grown to accept as fact. This book is not a simplistic story of men vs. women; it’s about the full complexity of our lives and our futures.” —Tarana Burke, activist, author, and founder of the Me Too movement
“Anna Malaika Tubbs has written a book that demands we directly confront the way patriarchy – both systemic and interpersonal – has shaped the history of our country and the reality of our present. Erased is unflinching in its assessment and necessary in its urgency. There is so much to learn from these pages. I am so grateful this book exists.” —Clint Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word is Passed
“An illuminating and inspiring examination of the structures that founding fathers used to establish this country. This is the framework that we all need to understand American history today. At a time when facts are disputed and access to them is contested, Erased is a balm and a breath of fresh air.” —Christy Turlington Burns, Founder & President of Every Mother Counts
“A trenchant treatise on the damaging reach of American patriarchy [...] renders complex concepts a pleasure to read.” —Kirkus Reviews
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