Girl

Essays on Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic

Girl
Candice Carty-Williams, Funmi Fetto, Kenya Hunt, Freddie Harrel, Ebele Okobi, Jessica Horn
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NZ$ 24.99
Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 288pg
30 Sep 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780008372019
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' Powerful, intelligent and vital - one of the year' s must-reads' Hannah Nathanson, Features Director, ELLE Featuring contributions from Candice Carty-Williams, Jessica Horn, Ebele Okobi, Funmi Fetto and Freddie Harrel. In the vein of Roxane Gay' s Bad Feminist, but wholly its own, Girl is a provocative, heartbreaking and frequently hilarious collection of original essays on what it means to be black, a woman, a mother and a global citizen in today' s ever-changing world. Black women have never been more visible or more publicly celebrated. But for every new milestone, every magazine cover, every box office record smashed, the reality of everyday life remains a complex, nuanced, contradiction-laden experience. Award-winning journalist and American in London Kenya Hunt threads razor sharp cultural observation through evocative and relatable stories, both illuminating our current cultural moment and transcending it.
' An essential book to help in becoming an anti-racist ally. Put it on your reading list, pronto. ' DAZED' Kenya Hunt, the award-winning American journalist in London, provocatively threads cultural observations through relatable stories that illuminate our current cultural moment while transcending it. ' REFINERY29' A provocative, heart-breaking and frequently hilarious collection of original essays on what it means to be black, a woman, a mother and a global citizen in today' s ever-changing world' GLAMOUR' Enlightening, relatable, warm and witty, Girl is a must-read for 2020' Sunday Times STYLE' Girl is an essential, vital and urgent exploration of Black womanhood, that should be on everyone' s reading list. Every page is meaningful and a call for empathy, hope and change. There is such power in the stories that are told, from Kenya' s own experience - as a mother, as a journalist, as an American in London, to Ebele Okobi' s essay on the unspeakable loss of a brother to police brutality. If any book should enrich - and disrupt - your life, let it be this. ' Harper' s Bazaar UK ' Valuable' The Guardian' From its title and construction to its rhythms and its rigor, GIRL GURL GRRRL is a radical and magical diasporic curation of love for Black dialect, Black freedom, Black cool, Black culture, Black joy, and mostly-and specifically-Black women. ' Damon Young' Powerful, intelligent and thought-provoking. Girl is a must read for our times and beyond. ELLE UK
Kenya Hunt is the Fashion Director of Grazia UK. Her career spans working for some of the world' s most influential women' s titles on both sides of the Atlantic from her post-grad days at Jane magazine, to her years as Deputy Editor of ELLE UK. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Evening Standard and other publications. And she' s made a number of appearances on BBC Woman' s Hour, Sky News and more. An American based in London, she lives south of the river with her husband and two sons.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780008372019
Published: 30 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: HQ
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 288

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