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Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be: Essays by Nichole Perkins
10 reviews
buttongirl22's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Racism, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Cursing, Drug use, and Physical abuse
Minor: Police brutality, Rape, Stalking, Vomit, and Grief
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Racism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Rape, Stalking, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault
Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Drug use
lipstickitotheman's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Racism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Ableism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Addiction
sarahbliss's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Fatphobia and Toxic relationship
tallybae's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault and Stalking
bookishplantmom's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Stalking
elenichristine's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape and Stalking
Moderate: Domestic abuse
aargot1's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Abandonment
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Mental illness
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