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Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
...I learned to stand firmly in the singularity of love, unspoken yet clear and worth every moment it took to arrive.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape and Stalking