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I don‘t know what I was expecting. #Bookopoly

Time for my next #Bookopoly pick. This has been on my TBR for years so it‘s nice to have an excuse to read it. I might not start it until tomorrow though.

I can see why this was popular when it was released in 1999, but it hasn‘t aged well. #blitsy #feminism #womanism

"I actually had to learn *how* to put my own needs first. Giving both Guilt and Struggle the finger, I confessed to the universe I wanted more out of life than simply being a STRONGBLACKWOMAN... But before I could officially become a SBW in recovery, I also had to admit that... A great deal of stress in my life was because I subconsciously *chose* to do shit the hard way." -from chapter 5 which changed my outlook on life #blackvoices @ShyBookOwl

“More than any other generation before us, we need a feminism committed to ‘keeping it real.‘ We need a voice like our music – one that samples and layers many voices, injects its sensibilities into the old and flips it into something new, provocative, and powerful.” p. 62
I wish I had read this when I was in my twenties.

Joan Morgan wrote this back in 1999 as an entry point into feminism and also coined the phrase hip hop feminism. She says she didn‘t write it for the scholars before her but the women now back then who needed a way to talk about being a feminist when the hip hop lifestyle might seem contrary. Which might sound hokey but I freakin loved this book. She provides real talk with real life examples and there are times when she says she‘s wrong or 👇🏼

This book was written 20 years ago and I‘m loving it. Her reconciling her feminism with her love of hip hop is amazing. Also amazing is her intersection of being black and a feminist. It is exhausting to read how people want to turn her feminism into being a lesbian, being “being used by the man”, or vocalization of victimization when it is so much more. When I kinda think about it is a best form of love of self (am I wrong?). Sooo good.