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Carefree Black Girls
- Author
- Zeba Blay
- Narrator
- Zeba Blay, Clara Amfo
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 21 October 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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INCLUDES A FOREWORD WITH CLARA AMFO
In 2013, film and culture critic Zeba Blay was one of the first people to coin the viral term #carefreeblackgirls on Twitter. As she says, it was "a way to carve out a space of celebration and freedom for Black women online."
In this collection of essays, Blay expands on this initial idea by delving into the work and lasting achievements of influential Black women in American culture - writers, artists, actresses, dancers, hip-hop stars - whose contributions often come in the face of bigotry, misogyny, and stereotypes. Blay celebrates the strength and fortitude of these Black women, while also examining the many stereotypes and rigid identities that have clung to them.
In writing that is both luminous and sharp, expansive and intimate, Carefree Black Girls seeks a path forward to a culture and society in which Black women and their art are appreciated and celebrated.
Praise for Carefree Black Girls
'Blay is a talent, mixing an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture, past and present, with incisive commentary on race and gender.' Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty
'Blay's welcome voice is candid, vulnerable and necessary. Her observations about the impact Black women have had and continue to have on pop culture are searing and timely and will have a lasting impact on how much the world sees and understands us.' Tarana Burke, founder of the MeToo movement, and author of You Are Your Best Thing
© Zeba Blay 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Blay is a talent, mixing an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture, past and present, with incisive commentary on race and gender.
Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty
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Blay's welcome voice is candid, vulnerable and necessary. Her observations about the impact Black women have had and continue to have on pop culture are searing and timely and will have a lasting impact on how much the world sees and understands us.
Tarana Burke, founder of the MeToo movement, and author of You Are Your Best Thing
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Alongside perceptive ruminations on everything from colourism to Cardi B, Blay writes with refreshing candour on topics that will resonate with Black women, the world over. Her passion and incredible knowledge on all things race, gender and pop culture-related make this book a standout and one you'll struggle to put down.
Morgan Cormack, Bad Form
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Blay's idea of Black womanhood is an inclusive one, where liberation is not just possible, but doable because it has the space for all Black women?cisgender, transgender, rich, poor, old, young, local, global?magnifying the potential for unity (and success) against the forces which mean them harm. Each essay carries with it truths that feel ancestral. Carefree Black Girls is the testimony I've been waiting to witness.
Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets; creator of Son of Baldwin
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"Blay's personal experiences with astute cultural analysis to explore how joy has become one of the most useful weapons in a Black woman's arsenal.
Bitch Media
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Blay tells her Black girl truth and in so doing doesn't simply reclaim the narrative but constructs an entirely new one on her own firm and fertile ground.
Michaela angela Davis, Writer/Image Activist
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An exuberant exploration of the ways Black women have defined pop culture. The creator of the viral #CareFreeBlackGirl cultural movement, Blay ventures beyond the "pithy, abstracted, tweet-able" declarations about Black women being "indeed essential to the... global zeitgeist" to offer a kaleidoscopic analysis of how American culture both needs and "belittles" Black female artists and storytellers such as herself....This fervent work will feel like a balm for many.
Publishers Weekly
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Blay is one of the most formidable cultural critics writing today. Her words reflect intellect, wit, and a level of thoughtfulness that has long made her required reading. I love her candor, I love her passion, but above all, I adore the way she writes about Black women.
Michael Arceneaux, New York Times bestselling author of I Can't Date Jesus
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Details
- Author
- Zeba Blay
- Narrator
- Zeba Blay, Clara Amfo
- Duration
- 6 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 October 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529193398
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Popular culture, Social and cultural history, Feminism and feminist theory, Memoirs, Literary essays, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. INCLUDES A FOREWORD WITH CLARA AMFOIn 2013, film and culture critic Zeba Blay was one of the first people to coin the viral term #carefreeblackgirls on Twitter. As she says, it was "a way to carve out a space of celebration and freedom for Black women online."In this collection of essays, Blay expands on this initial idea by delving into the work and lasting achievements of influential Black women in American culture - writers, artists, actresses, dancers, hip-hop stars - whose contributions often come in the face of bigotry, misogyny, and stereotypes. Blay celebrates the strength and fortitude of these Black women, while also examining the many stereotypes and rigid identities that have clung to them.In writing that is both luminous and sharp, expansive and intimate, Carefree Black Girls seeks a path forward to a culture and society in which Black women and their art are appreciated and celebrated.Praise for Carefree Black Girls'Blay is a talent, mixing an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture, past and present, with incisive commentary on race and gender.' Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty'Blay's welcome voice is candid, vulnerable and necessary. Her observations about the impact Black women have had and continue to have on pop culture are searing and timely and will have a lasting impact on how much the world sees and understands us.' Tarana Burke, founder of the MeToo movement, and author of You Are Your Best Thing© Zeba Blay 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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