Y'all think this is a Zora Neal Hurston reference to Their Eyes Were Watching God?!
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Y'all think this is a Zora Neal Hurston reference to Their Eyes Were Watching God?!
"ALL my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men."
Got to visit Oprah's exhibit at NMAAHC this weekend. These lines are exactly from the book!
pickSeveral times I caught myself mmmhmm-ing, yas-ing and felt seen. Cooper does this perfect mix of citing scholars and giving anecdotes of her life experiences. When you are ready to be "a grown ass woman" as she says in the opening line of this book, it will be for you.
I learned a bit and now have some new things to contemplate as I discover what black feminism looks like to me. Thanks Dr. Cooper!
Like most girls, she'd already learned that pretty exposes you and pretty hides you and like most girls, she hadn't learned how to navigate the difference.
Random thought about motherhood: mothers will go great length to care and love their children, even when it does not present itself as "love"and is sometimes at the expense of their own sanity. When Hannah asks her mom "do you love me?" and Eva begins to list the ways she has "loved" , I understood how both women could feel being asked / having to answer that question.
My favorite chapter so far has been Human, Not Black.
Jerkins chronicals her experiences growing into Black womanhood, and the painful truths that I could relate to in some instances. This is a great read for someone being introduced to the idea of black feminism, or what's it's like growing up black + woman + educated +....
