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An eyebrow raising in your face memoir
Ms Benbow is your favorite aunt with a slick mouth packed with education and data. She’s the auntie you listen to at the cookout-knowing she’s about to school you and save you from a tragic mistake. This book is not kind…no it is a confrontation of everything we’ve ever learned and a challenge to review our beliefs. Even though I may not agree with every conclusion-I LOVED the impact and self reflection this book brings forth!
Thank you for making me think!
Ms Benbow is your favorite aunt with a slick mouth packed with education and data. She’s the auntie you listen to at the cookout-knowing she’s about to school you and save you from a tragic mistake. This book is not kind…no it is a confrontation of everything we’ve ever learned and a challenge to review our beliefs. Even though I may not agree with every conclusion-I LOVED the impact and self reflection this book brings forth!
Thank you for making me think!
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent
EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!
I am now a proud womanist and theologian.
Thank you, Rev Candice for this book. I have finally been given the permission I have been seeking to live in my authentic self. The author's candidness and honesty throughout this book resonated with me on so many levels. It is a must read for women in seminary and African American women.
I am now a proud womanist and theologian.
Thank you, Rev Candice for this book. I have finally been given the permission I have been seeking to live in my authentic self. The author's candidness and honesty throughout this book resonated with me on so many levels. It is a must read for women in seminary and African American women.
I enjoyed this collection of essays. It was interesting to get a glimpse of the experiences of someone who grew up in a church setting since that is not my experience.
I also enjoyed the authors voice in these essays and leaning a bit more about the experience that many of those I go to church with had growing up.
As someone who is white I can forget just how special the congregation I attend (a predominately Black LGBTQ+ affirming church in the United Church of Christ (UCC) denomination that welcomes all people) really is. It is all too easy to take what you are surrounded with for granted.
Note: While the opening chapter referenced makeup as well as the table of contents over all that is not the point or focus of the book. I think based on the contents page I thought it would be integrated more into the essays. (which was fine since I don't wear makeup but still surprised me)
I also enjoyed the authors voice in these essays and leaning a bit more about the experience that many of those I go to church with had growing up.
As someone who is white I can forget just how special the congregation I attend (a predominately Black LGBTQ+ affirming church in the United Church of Christ (UCC) denomination that welcomes all people) really is. It is all too easy to take what you are surrounded with for granted.
Note: While the opening chapter referenced makeup as well as the table of contents over all that is not the point or focus of the book. I think based on the contents page I thought it would be integrated more into the essays. (which was fine since I don't wear makeup but still surprised me)
I’m mad at myself for shelving this instead of reading it immediately. This book was EVERYTHING we thought it would be and after following her so long on Twitter and remembering how some of these events were experienced by her in real time, it’s refreshing to see her internal thoughts and reflections on those various moments. I’ve read Sisters in the Wilderness and I truly believe similarly years from now we will identify Red Lip Theology as in the bank of seminal texts about womanist theology, Black women’s relationship Christianity and God, and Black women’s experiences. The essays are very well written and insightful and most importantly relatable. I love this crop of Gen X older millennial Black authors that have been writing about their lives AFTER surviving PWIs and GATE Black onlyisms in K-12. I’m happy this book exist for young Black women including and especially those in the church and those that are constantly trying to understand and build their relationship with God for themselves and stand independently against the powers of patriarchy and racism that is sometimes normalized in religion. Highly recommend
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
This is such a completely honest collection of essays. I always deeply appreciate Black women who are able to articulate the intersection (or lack thereof) between Black feminism, womanism, sexuality and the Black church/theology in their work. Together, these are really complex issues that do not traditionally intersect, according to various OFF interpretations of the Bible. I listened to this via Audible, and Benbow's performance is phenomenal. I first got to know about Benbow via her 2016 Lemonade syllabus that went pretty viral back when Beyonce's album (Lemonade) was released. Benbow is truly resourceful and I can’t wait to read more of her work. Her mother in heaven must be so proud of her co-masterpiece, that is her daughter.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
The author and I have different views as a Christian, however this book was an interesting read. I didn’t agree with a lot of what she said and feel like she lacked support in her writing for things she stated.