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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
This book feels like a gift from the author. Her vulnerability is incredible, and I feel honored hearing about her experiences. I also appreciated the integrated connections she made between our history and culture and her experience.
I am so grateful for this work. The truth is searing and Jerkins holds nothing back which makes it so powerful to read.
4.5 Impressed by how much Morgan Jerkins managed to achieve in this book. Chapters flow seamlessly across the personal, the historical, and the cultural in this narrative of black girlhood and womanhood. Most of the cultural references she touches on are ones I'm familiar with, but she brought them together in ways I would not have understood otherwise, especially her analysis of Swing Time and Girlhood. Her voice is honest, assertive, and vulnerable.
I will say that I'm interested in giving voice the more critical reviews by other black women as seen below, which I think is appropriate given that one of the latter chapters is about how nonblack women of color's words on black art sometimes comes at the expense of black women. Gabriela's is definitely worth a read
I will say that I'm interested in giving voice the more critical reviews by other black women as seen below, which I think is appropriate given that one of the latter chapters is about how nonblack women of color's words on black art sometimes comes at the expense of black women. Gabriela's is definitely worth a read
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Racial slurs, Sexism
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This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female and Feminist in (White) America
I Picked Up This Book Because: Intrigued by the title.
Media Type: Audiobook
Source: CC Public Library
Dates Read: 7/1/22 - 7/4/22
Stars: 4 Stars
Narrator(s): Morgan Jerkins
The Story:
There is a lot for me to unpack. It’s been a few days since I read this and I’m still not sure I’ve processed it all. Honestly I’m not sure I ever will. Being a black female in this country is difficult.
The Random Thoughts:
I Picked Up This Book Because: Intrigued by the title.
Media Type: Audiobook
Source: CC Public Library
Dates Read: 7/1/22 - 7/4/22
Stars: 4 Stars
Narrator(s): Morgan Jerkins
The Story:
There is a lot for me to unpack. It’s been a few days since I read this and I’m still not sure I’ve processed it all. Honestly I’m not sure I ever will. Being a black female in this country is difficult.
The Random Thoughts:
This book wasn’t written for me which was precisely why I read it. It’s important to read outside of your comfort zone.
challenging
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reflective
medium-paced
A few thoughts:
1.) I’m not certain it’s my place to weigh in on how Jenkins’ characterizes her black classmates in the first chapter, so I’ll just say it didn’t sit well with me.
2.) Maybe further editing would have helped? Sometimes it felt like Jenkins was extrapolating things that happened to her personally to society more generally.
3.) Any freshman girl’s mom would be terrified if they were talking to a 20 year old man!!
4.) “Black Girl Magic”? Fantastic. Love the attention to variations in experience, like disability, that I felt was missing in much of the rest of book. Would have loved this kind of nuance throughout.
5.) I’m very grateful for Jenkins’ openness and honesty, even with all of my critiques of the book as a whole.
6.) Killer final line.
2.5/5
1.) I’m not certain it’s my place to weigh in on how Jenkins’ characterizes her black classmates in the first chapter, so I’ll just say it didn’t sit well with me.
2.) Maybe further editing would have helped? Sometimes it felt like Jenkins was extrapolating things that happened to her personally to society more generally.
3.) Any freshman girl’s mom would be terrified if they were talking to a 20 year old man!!
4.) “Black Girl Magic”? Fantastic. Love the attention to variations in experience, like disability, that I felt was missing in much of the rest of book. Would have loved this kind of nuance throughout.
5.) I’m very grateful for Jenkins’ openness and honesty, even with all of my critiques of the book as a whole.
6.) Killer final line.
2.5/5