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Marc Koralnik |
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BLACK GIRL, NO MAGIC
A debut collection of essays, full of vital conversations adeptly discussed with quick-wit and sincerity
In a complex world, who is allowed to be complicated? Who is entitled to a messy life full of triumphs, mistakes and tedium? Not women of colour. When the stories about Black women are limited, there's a tendency to platform the inspirational. And yet, when it comes to finding kaleidoscopic stories for, and by, Black women, now is the time.
These essays won't:
Tell you how to live
Teach you how to be an anti-racist ally, or be the friend that knew not to send a stock message about BLM
Instruct white people on how to end racism
These essays are an ode to being fallible and flawed. Kimberly has built a career on analysing profound social and political issues in society and then explaining how these undercurrents shape our everyday lives. In this collection, with essays arranged roughly chronologically, she excavates her stories and experiences to explore race, class, the myth of meritocracy, sex, desire, dating, friendships, the modern family and drugs. The stories told about Black women are often reductive and this is a brilliant, irreverent, riposte to that; Kimberly's writing is a skilful blend of funny-serious commentary, skewering white middle-class absurdities while simultaneously leading the reader to a place where the joke stops being funny because actually it's built on exclusion.
black girl, no magic will appeal to fans of the non-fiction writing of Samantha Irby; Dolly Alderton; Jia Tolentino; Emilie Pine; Emma Dabiri; Pandora Sykes and Rebecca Solnit. They are for people who watched and loved I May Destroy You and Fleabag. They are for people who read and loved Queenie, Normal People and Such a Fun Age.
Kimberly has worked in policy and communications, mostly with a focus on race, inequality and welfare, since 2015. She has a Masters in International Migration and Public Policy, and has been the gal-dem dating columnist since 2016. She's also written for the Guardian, the Independent, the Washington Post, and VICE.
These essays won't:
Tell you how to live
Teach you how to be an anti-racist ally, or be the friend that knew not to send a stock message about BLM
Instruct white people on how to end racism
These essays are an ode to being fallible and flawed. Kimberly has built a career on analysing profound social and political issues in society and then explaining how these undercurrents shape our everyday lives. In this collection, with essays arranged roughly chronologically, she excavates her stories and experiences to explore race, class, the myth of meritocracy, sex, desire, dating, friendships, the modern family and drugs. The stories told about Black women are often reductive and this is a brilliant, irreverent, riposte to that; Kimberly's writing is a skilful blend of funny-serious commentary, skewering white middle-class absurdities while simultaneously leading the reader to a place where the joke stops being funny because actually it's built on exclusion.
black girl, no magic will appeal to fans of the non-fiction writing of Samantha Irby; Dolly Alderton; Jia Tolentino; Emilie Pine; Emma Dabiri; Pandora Sykes and Rebecca Solnit. They are for people who watched and loved I May Destroy You and Fleabag. They are for people who read and loved Queenie, Normal People and Such a Fun Age.
Kimberly has worked in policy and communications, mostly with a focus on race, inequality and welfare, since 2015. She has a Masters in International Migration and Public Policy, and has been the gal-dem dating columnist since 2016. She's also written for the Guardian, the Independent, the Washington Post, and VICE.
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Published 2022-06-01 by Borough |