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Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen

3 reviews

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

I really enjoyed "Bad Fat Black Girl" by Sesali Bowen. I don't rate memoirs because I don't think a person's life experience should be rated but I will talk about the things I liked and didn't like though. 

Something I didn't like was how short the book is. I also didn't like how there wasn't a section for trigger warnings, to warn about the serious content that is discussed within the book. 

I really liked how Bowen used her life experiences coupled with statics about domestic violence, sex trafficking, and sexual assaults to depict what life is like for a lot of Black femmes and Black gender non conforming folks in American currently. So much of this book resonated with me. 

I listened to the audiobook for free on Scribd

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Trafficking

amberinpieces's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Cursing, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Classism, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, and Violence

readingthroughinfinity's review

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Thanks to Libro FM for providing me with an audio arc in exchange for an honest review. 

I was in the mood for some nonfiction and this had been calling out to me for a while so I picked it up and devoured it in about 24 hours. Sesali Bowen writes about her formative years as a fat, queer Black girl growing up in Chicago. She discusses racism, fatphobia, and how trap music has influenced perceptions of Black women in our white-dominant, patriarchal society, ultimately giving rise to Trap Feminism (a term she coined).

She also describes her own experiences as a sex worker and a queer woman navigating financial instability, friendships and relationships. Bowan's writing style is engaging, entertaining and accessible, and I flew through this. I'd never heard of Trap Feminism before and I learned a lot from picking up this book. It's a really interesting, informative read and one that I think a lot of white feminists should read.   

Content warnings for discussions of racism, fatphobia, internalised homophobia, sexual assault, underage sex, fights and violence.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Classism, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship