Black girls are not a monolith! We are exhausted of our constant portrayal in a negative light by being subjected to unfair & untrue stereotypes. We are diverse & this book reminds us to celebrate our individualism. But even as we do this, the writing pulls us together like the way a mother warmly embraces a child that has come back home. We are different but we love, ache, hurt & bleed the same. I saw myself in almost every poem, when I was getting my hair done, when I fell in love, when I had my heart broken, when I broke someone's heart, when I dealt with loss, my feelings about my body & other people’s feelings about my body, my motherhood journey, the fear that I have as I exist in this female body, Sandra Bland, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama…

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