black girl, no magic
Reflections on Race and Respectability
Seiten
2023
The Borough Press (Verlag)
978-0-00-847705-9 (ISBN)
The Borough Press (Verlag)
978-0-00-847705-9 (ISBN)
In a complex world, who is allowed to be complicated? Who is entitled to a messy life full of triumphs, mistakes and tedium?
Until recently, not Black women.
Kimberly McIntosh has lived a full life, with a loving family, messy friendships, mind-expanding travel and all-night parties. She’s also spent that life wondering why such opportunities aren’t always available to people who look like her.
Stemming from years of social policy research and campaign work, this essay collection brings together all that Kimberly has learned; whether that’s dismantling the myth of social mobility for those who toe the line, to understanding why her teenage Facebook posts are quite so cringe. In it, she uses her own experiences to reveal how systematic injustice impacts us all, from the pressure of nuclear families, to enduring toxic friendships, to how painful it can be to watch Love Island.
Perfect for fans of Slay In Your Lane, Trick Mirror, and Bad Feminist, this dazzling debut collection brilliantly melds the personal and political to not only tell the story of a life, but what that life might teach us.
Until recently, not Black women.
Kimberly McIntosh has lived a full life, with a loving family, messy friendships, mind-expanding travel and all-night parties. She’s also spent that life wondering why such opportunities aren’t always available to people who look like her.
Stemming from years of social policy research and campaign work, this essay collection brings together all that Kimberly has learned; whether that’s dismantling the myth of social mobility for those who toe the line, to understanding why her teenage Facebook posts are quite so cringe. In it, she uses her own experiences to reveal how systematic injustice impacts us all, from the pressure of nuclear families, to enduring toxic friendships, to how painful it can be to watch Love Island.
Perfect for fans of Slay In Your Lane, Trick Mirror, and Bad Feminist, this dazzling debut collection brilliantly melds the personal and political to not only tell the story of a life, but what that life might teach us.
Kimberly McIntosh is a writer and researcher. She has written for a range of publications including the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Independent, the Metro and Vice, and was the dating columnist at gal-dem between 2016-2020. Kimberly has discussed her research on BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live, BBC News and Sky News. She is a trustee at Wasafiri magazine, a quarterly British literary magazine covering international contemporary writing. black girl, no magic is her first book.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 240 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-00-847705-1 / 0008477051 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-847705-9 / 9780008477059 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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