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441 reviews for:
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
Morgan Jerkins
4.03 AVERAGE
441 reviews for:
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
Morgan Jerkins
4.03 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I met Morgan at a women's event in the city and enjoyed chatting with her about Russian and Japanese literature and marathon training...only to return home and find, when I looked for her on LinkedIn that she was an NYT bestselling author with 4 published books under her belt...and is my age! I read a couple samples of her books and thought I'd start with this collection of autobiographical essays.
As a non-black American (and fellow Princetonian who has lived both in Princeton and NYC like her), it opened my eyes a LOT to how black American women go through life in a very, very different way and are judged and held up to different standards than white American women in the same spaces.
Morgan is very open about emotional and physically intimate moments for her that I probably wouldn't be as open about in published material but I think her writing is her way of processing it.
She is an EXTREMELY talented writer. Her mastery of prose is...flawless. I wish I could write half as well as her.
As a non-black American (and fellow Princetonian who has lived both in Princeton and NYC like her), it opened my eyes a LOT to how black American women go through life in a very, very different way and are judged and held up to different standards than white American women in the same spaces.
Morgan is very open about emotional and physically intimate moments for her that I probably wouldn't be as open about in published material but I think her writing is her way of processing it.
She is an EXTREMELY talented writer. Her mastery of prose is...flawless. I wish I could write half as well as her.
This book was my first audiobook experience. A struggle does not nearly describe it. I don't know if it was the type of book or just audiobooks in general, but I'm in no rush to try it again.
With that being said, I struggled to understand if I didn't like the book or if it was the experience of listening to it. My desire to finish the book helped push me through, although I was ready to quit some time ago.
At times I felt as though the chapter jumped around a bit and I could not figure out how we got to the next topic. Overall, this is a good book about her experience being Black, feminist, a woman, a writer, a person. Chapter 9 was by far my favorite, with the letter to Michelle coming in second.
I recommend this be read and not listened to.
With that being said, I struggled to understand if I didn't like the book or if it was the experience of listening to it. My desire to finish the book helped push me through, although I was ready to quit some time ago.
At times I felt as though the chapter jumped around a bit and I could not figure out how we got to the next topic. Overall, this is a good book about her experience being Black, feminist, a woman, a writer, a person. Chapter 9 was by far my favorite, with the letter to Michelle coming in second.
I recommend this be read and not listened to.
Great book!
Wonderfully written! Ms Jervis puts into words the thoughts many African Americans deal with. Great read for African American women, young and old.
Wonderfully written! Ms Jervis puts into words the thoughts many African Americans deal with. Great read for African American women, young and old.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5 stars.
Also, for the audiobook I don't think the author was the best choice to be the narrator
Also, for the audiobook I don't think the author was the best choice to be the narrator
I received this book through @antiracistbookexchange (go check them out!). This was a decent read. Each chapter was very different and some of them I liked a lot more than others.
I had a lot of feelings (positive and negative) while reading this book and don't know how to boil down my thoughts into a number rating
"These differences are best articulated when women of color occupy the center of the discourse while white women remain silent, actively listen, and do not try to reinforce supremacy by inserting themselves in the middle of the discussion."