black girl, no magic - reflections on race and respectability

Informationen zum Autor Kimberly McIntosh is a writer and researcher. She has written for a range of publications including the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Independent, the Metro and Vice, and was the dating columnist at gal-dem between 2016-2020. Kimberly has discussed her research on BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live, BBC News and Sky News. She is a trustee at Wasafiri magazine, a quarterly British literary magazine covering international contemporary writing. black girl, no magic is her first book. Klappentext 'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff 'Witty, fresh and full of life' Liv Little 'I can't recommend more highly... it's one of those books that I just want to press in the hands of everybody' Damian Barr, Literary Salon Podcast Zusammenfassung 'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff ‘Witty, fresh and full of life’ Liv Little ‘I can’t recommend more highly… it’s one of those books that I just want to press in the hands of everybody’ Damian Barr, Literary Salon Podcast –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Kimberly McIntosh has lived a full life, with a loving family, messy friendships, mind-expanding travel and all-night parties. She’s also spent that life wondering why such opportunities aren’t always available to people who look like her. Stemming from years of social policy research and campaign work, this essay collection brings together all that Kimberly has learned; whether that’s dismantling the myth of social mobility for those who toe the line, to understanding why her teenage Facebook posts are quite so cringe. In it, she uses her own experiences to reveal how systematic injustice impacts us all, from the pressure of nuclear families, to enduring toxic friendships, to how painful it can be to watch Love Island. Perfect for fans of Slay In Your Lane , Trick Mirror , and Bad Feminist , this dazzling debut collection brilliantly melds the personal and political to not only tell the story of a life, but what that life might teach us. ...

Product details

• Authors: Kimberly McIntosh
• Publisher: The Borough Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.04.2024
• EAN: 9780008477080
• ISBN: 978-0-00-847708-0
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; London, Greater London, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Europe, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Central London, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, HUMOR / Form / Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, Humour collections & anthologies, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, Literary essays, Relating to Black British people, Humour collections and anthologies, Biography: writers, Black & Asian Studies, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black, HUMOR / Topic / Regional & Cultural