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taibreakfast's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racism, and Rape
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Body shaming
selenajournal's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Rape
asieee's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Rape and Physical abuse
kaileed's review
4.0
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
bella_cavicchi's review against another edition
4.0
And a related read that her writing had me recall: Tressie McMillian Cottom's piece on the Black essay. So many brilliant books within the genre that I've loved, and so many I can't wait to get to.
Great stuff.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, and Rape
sfbookgirl's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Stalking, Rape, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, and Ableism
2treads's review against another edition
4.0
There was something in every single essay of Perkins' collection that as a Black woman I could relate to and understand. Her experiences good and bad are are ones we can see reflected in our own childhoods, teen years, and adulthood.
Each essay deals with familial dynamics, societal perceptions and expectations, sibling love and support, and lingering trauma. What I really enjoyed about these essays was how she weaved her love of pop culture, be it music, musical icons, movies, or tv shows into the fabric of her losing, uncovering, and discovering herself.
Perkins is blunt in relaying to the reader that it took her quite some time to unlearn harmful ideations and notions about herself and especially about herself as a bigger bodied Black woman. She explores what that can mean for expressing thoughts and desires and how harmful stereotypes that are so engrained within our society can hamper the way in which we can truly live freely.
Minor: Rape and Stalking
caseythereader's review against another edition
3.5
- SOMETIMES I TRIP ON HOW HAPPY WE COULD BE is for fans of Roxane Gay, Tressie McMillan Cottom, and of course Perkins' dearly departed podcast Thirst Aid Kit.
- Perkins is working to untangle the messages she received in her youth about how to be a proper Black woman and learn to live her life exactly the way she wants to.
- She is open about everything from sex to church to drugs to love. Some essays I wish were expanded on a little more, but I'll read anything by Perkins - her mix of tender and serious is perfect.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence