For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

4.53 AVERAGE

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_mayas_library's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective
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yaz_intheclouds's review

5.0
4.5⭐️Highly recommend. Notable quotes:

* “You cant force someone to see your humanity when they’ve already decided you are inferior”
* “I want you to struggle with my entire name. This is political and strategic and filled with resistance because you have butchered my name long enough. You will say my name. My full name.”
* “aligning ourselves with whiteness has never saved us from anything”

lil_tricky's review

5.0
emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

esariles's review

4.0
informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

emsq96's review

5.0
challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
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one_last_page's review

5.0
Absolutely Therapeutic to read. More BIPOC’s should write about their experiences. Our stories should be normalized. I appreciate this book and author - “in other words - fuck their table. We’re gonna make our own”
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henderwonder's review against another edition

5.0
emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

justjess515's review

5.0
emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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farihahsiddiq's review

5.0
It's rare to read a book that speaks so powerfully to my soul, life experiences, insecurities and struggles. This book does not mince words and is not for white/white passing people who are ignorant, insecure or sensitive about being held accountable for their actions (or microaggressions) or defensive for being called out for their privileges. It is not for those who diminish or undermine the experiences of women of color who have been told to go back to where they came from, washed their face with milk or used fair/lovely products, were scolded for being in the sun and thus too dark, were told to be subjugated because that is what was most important as a woman. This book empowers BIPOC socially, culturally, and systematically. I wish this was written sooner so I could have learned to better advocate for myself but I'm grateful this exists now. A testament to the strength and power of brown and black girls.

danielleruiz1's review

5.0
i felt so SEEN by this book. easy 5 stars.