

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book Release Party for Maya Rupert's The Real Ones
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for an event with the one and only Maya Rupert to celebrate the publication of her book The Real Ones at Loyalty Bookstores.About this EventJoin us  to celebrate the release of Maya Rupert's book! Refreshments will be served, conversation enjoyed, and a short talk and book signing with the author herself! You can reserve your spot with or without preordering the book, but preorders are recommended to secure a signed copy! ABOUT THE BOOK Leading political strategist Maya Rupert reveals how living under conditional acceptance in America takes a toll on people of color, and when being real comes at a cost, authenticity becomes a privilege the marginalized cannot afford—until we heed her book's groundbreaking calls to affirm all that we are.One of Maya Rupert’s earliest life lessons was learning how to be inauthentic. That performance—the ability to make white people feel comfortable about race and their own racism—has perversely conferred upon her everything from safety and acceptance to professional success and social capital. As only the third Black woman in history to run a presidential campaign, Rupert had to lead a campaign built by “The Authentic Black Queen” but run by the “Cool Black Girl.” In doing so, she came to realize that in walking this tightrope of expectations, that there is no room for our real selves. In THE REAL ONES, Rupert interrogates the bind that people of color find themselves in when strategic inauthenticity becomes a survival mechanism.In this deeply relatable book, Rupert weaves together pop culture and politics, workplace advice and personal stories, to validate the contradictions experienced by those of us who have been shaped by inauthenticity. She shares the off-camera experiences on the presidential campaign trail, where she saw alarming new double standards emerge in a post-Obama political landscape. She takes on the rabid fandoms of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé to share insights in what we expect from our biggest stars—one is admired as the authentic girl next door, the other is required to be a queen. She exposes the trap too many face in the workplace, when we are asked to bring our full selves to work—but not too much. Rupert sees a world where success is at the expense of our authenticity, not because of it. With candor and compassion, she examines how we negotiate who we need to be in any given situation, and our resentment that we have to do so in the first place.THE REAL ONES offers an entirely fresh take on race—that authenticity is a privilege inaccessible to people of color. When we are constantly confronted with the question, "Who do you think you are?" we cannot ask ourselves "Who am I?" unburdened by dominant expectations. In the end, Rupert frees readers from the paradox of authenticity, with a liberating perspective, so that readers can stop questioning who we are, and finally thrive.ABOUT THE AUTHOR Maya Rupert is a political strategist and the third Black woman in history to run a presidential campaign. She is the Executive Vice President at Blue State and hosts the podcast When We Win, an NAACP Image Award nominee. A nationally respected voice on progressive politics and the Democratic party, she has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and NPR; and in The New York Times and The Atlantic. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her cats.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/book-release-party-for-maya-ruperts-the-real-ones/100001982251461482
- **Event Categories**: parties, entertainment, sports, art, literary-art, trips-adventures, taylor-swift
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 34.56, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington
- **state**: DC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Loyalty Bookstore
- **lat**: 38.9421614
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- **full address**: Loyalty Bookstore, 4203 9th Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Loyalty Bookstore, 4203 9th Street Northwest, Washington, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 0 up to 34.56 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Loyalty Bookstores
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** parties, entertainment, sports, art, literary-art, trips-adventures, taylor-swift
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Book Release Party for Maya Rupert's The Real Ones ?
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