BAD FAT BLACK GIRL: NOTES FROM A TRAP FEMINIST

NEW BOOK. BAD FAT BLACK GIRL Combines Reul-Breaking Feminist Theory, Witty and Insightful Personal Memoir, And Cutting Cultural Analysis For An Unforgettalbe, Genre-Defining Debut. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Sesali Bowen learned earl how to hustle and stay on her toes she navigated Blackness, body-shaming, friendships, sex work, and more. Through essays, she takes readers on a journey that spans the hood to entertainment journalism, where she ultimately flips the script on how Black women are represented. Determined to celebrate all facets of Black womanhood and using her own life as a case study, Bowen coins and defines the term "trap feminism," a framework that examines where contemporary hip-hop and feminism meet. Bad Fat Black Girl is a quintessential text for the hot-girl era that conntinues a Black feminist legacy for all.