This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, (Paperback)

from Juva

A collection of wide-ranging essays about the author's experience with race, gender, and striving to succeed in a world designed to hold her back and hold her down. She fearlessly relates intimate moments, doubts, fears, and the cultural pressures that have shaped her. This was a deeply affecting...

from LissaJ

I found this collection of essays eye opening and important in understanding the black woman experience. She writes about her teenage years and trying to fit herself into white expectations and the racism involved in the way her body was (is) perceived. She writes about Michelle Obama, Beyonce an...

from rachelp1985

Memoirs and essays are my absolute favorite genre, and this collection was no letdown. As a white woman in the current climate, I've made a commitment to seek to read, see, and listen more to works produced by people of color, especially women of color, to hear their stories and experiences. Funn...

from SiriJR

Morgan Jerkins' debut book of essays is interesting. She is skilled at interweaving personal stories within a larger cultural context. She has also done a good job of creating a flow of continuous threads throughout the essays that result in more than simply a great collection, but an internally ...

from mel.davidoff

An incredible collection of essays. Highly recommend this for fans of Roxane Gay. Jerkins does an amazing job of weaving together memoir with cultural and societal history to produce compelling essays on race, gender, feminism, and sexuality.