A review by alaiyo0685
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins

4.0

Jerkins writes herself out of boxes, out of expectations, out of shame, out of self-hatred, and into truth and love and light. I read this book as a triumph, as Jerkins undoing what the oppressive and repressive society we grew up in started doing to her when she was too young to realize what was up. Morgan's story and mine have many similarities (shoutout to lightskinned black girls raised in small town South Jersey who grow up being told not to emulate the black folk they see and then struggle to navigate black spaces later in life, at Princeton and beyond), but her story isn't mine. It's hers, and we should all be honored that she has chosen to share herself with us. I'm hype for her not only because she's my friend, but also because I don't feel like black girls get to tell these stories and I am glad folks are eating hers up.