Tamara Winfrey Harris

This is the 101-201 level resource that white women/white feminists NEED to read before they open their mouths on social media to talk about black womanhood in America. (I say this as a white woman) If you are someone who is legitimately ready to understand what misogynoir is and how you are probably contributing to it, read this book. It is a fast, accessible read that covers major issues black women deal with today as well as the stereotypes that fuel a lot of pop culture representations of black women as well. It's not a deep dive, but it doesn't need to be a deep dive considering how many professional writers (I'm looking at you, Alessandra Stanley) don't understand that bringing up the Angry Black Woman is a bad idea if you don't know jack about how that stereotype is still used against black women.… (mehr)