A review by ashiie
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic by Kenya Hunt

inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

I enjoyed this collection of essays on being a black woman in today’s age. What I loved reading about most was the struggle of not being black enough. I myself have dealt with this on and off throughout my life and it seems to always be an issue initiated by others that leads me to question myself. I always think I am alone in this but I was glad to see it expressed in this book. There was a quote I resonated with: “I started trying to prove my blackness and in the process felt like I was failing at the very thing that was most obvious about me.” The experience of being picked on regardless of being around black or white people and just never fitting in anywhere. Exhausting! But another quote that I loved and I will remember now was: “I am black like me.” There is no one way to do black womanhood and we should embrace and celebrate all experiences.