This Is Major - Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope

From a fierce and humorous new voice comes a relevant, insightful, and riveting collection of personal essays on the richness and resilience of black girl culture-for readers of Samantha Irby, Roxane Gay, Morgan Jerkins, and Lindy West. Shayla Lawson is major. You don't know who she is. Yet. But that's okay. She is on a mission to move black girls like herself from best supporting actress to a starring role in the major narrative. Whether she's taking on workplace microaggressions or upending racist stereotypes about her home state of Kentucky, she looks for the side of the story that isn't always told, the places where the voices of black girls haven't been heard. The essays in This is Major ask questions like: Why are black women invisible to AI? What is 'black girl magic'? Or: Am I one viral tweet away from becoming Twitter famous? And: How much magic does it take to land a Tinder date? With a unique mix of personal stories, pop culture observations, and insights into politics and history, Lawson sheds light on these questions, as well as the many ways black women and girls have influenced mainstream culture-from their style, to their language, and even their art-and how 'major' they really are. Timely, enlightening, and wickedly sharp, This Is Major places black women at the center-no longer silenced, no longer the minority.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shayla Lawson
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780062890597
• ISBN: 978-0-06-289059-7
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia; Ethnic Studies, Africa, Memoirs, Society and culture: general, Feminism and feminist theory, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military, Relating to gay people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, HISTORY: Women, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Essays, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), WOMEN'S LITERATURE: LITERATURE/MEMOIR, WOMEN'S STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIO, SOCIAL SCIENCE: LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, LITERATURE: ESSAYS, Social discrimination and social justice, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Women's Studies / Memoir & Bio, Women's Literature / Literature/Memoir, Literature / Essays, African American Studies / Memoir & Biography