#onyxeditions โ๐พ Repost @onyxeditions ใปใปใป A reminder that every here & then you may have to do your Googles to check the source in order to ensure an authentic read or that appropriation hasnโt gone awry ๐ As they say โall skin folk ainโt kinfolkโ and MANY books about #theBlackExperience with Black people on the cover ARENโT written by Black folk! โ
#BadFatBlackGirl by #SesaliBowen (@badfatblackgirl) offers a new, inclusive feminism for the modern world. Weaving together searing personal essay and cultural commentary, Bowen interrogates sexism, fatphobia, and capitalism all within the context of race and hip-hop. Bad bitches: this oneโs for you. โ
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#HoodFeminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by #MikkiKendall (@karnythia)โ
In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux.โ
๐ฉ๐ฉโ๏ธBad and Boujee by Jennifer M. Buck๐ฉ๐ฉโ๏ธ โ ๏ธWipf and Stock Publishers confirmed today that it has initiated the removal and ceased distribution of Jennifer M. Buckโs book, Bad and Boujee: Toward a Trap Feminist Theology, after days of criticism directed at the book. โ ๏ธOn April 13 and 14, several people on Twitter criticized the book, prompted by Luehmannโs Instagram account. Many Black women authors, academics, and theologians shared their perspective. ๐ฉ๐ฉโ๏ธโ๏ธSome said that Buck, as a white woman, did not have the ability to write a theology that comes from Black womenโs experience, and others have criticized the bookโs content and aim โ particularly Buck presenting her book as building an ethic already built by Black women over decades. People also made criticisms about racism and appropriation in publishing and academia. - Soujourners (@sojogram) ๐ฉโ๏ธ #badfatblackgirl #sesalibowen #hoodfeminism #mikkikendall #blackauthors #blackbookstores #blackbookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CcX3SjtLq3m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
