This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America [Paperback]

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One of The Roots' 28 Brilliant Books by Black Authors in 2018

A writer to be reckoned with. —Roxane Gay

Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2018 byEsquire,Elle,Vogue,Nylon, The Millions, Refinery29, the Huffington Post, Book Riot, Bitch Media, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Vol 1. Brooklyn, and Paperback Paris.

From one of the fiercest critics writing today, Morgan Jerkins’ highly-anticipated collection of linked essays interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism with her own experiences to confront the very real challenges of being a black woman today—perfect for fans of Roxane Gay’sBad Feminist, Rebecca Solnit’sMen Explain Things to Me, and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie’sWe Should All Be Feminists.

Morgan Jerkins is only in her twenties, but she has already established herself as an insightful, brutally honest writer who isn’t afraid of tackling tough, controversial subjects. InThis Will Be My Undoing, she takes on perhaps one of the most provocative contemporary topics: What does it mean to “be”—to live as, toexistas—a black woman today? This is a book about black women, but it’s necessary reading for all Americans.

Doubly disenfranchised by race and gender, often deprived of a place within the mostly white mainstream feminist movement, black women are objectified, silenced, and marginalized with devastating consequences, in ways both obvious and subtle, that are rarely acknowledged in our country’s larger discussion about inequality. InThis Will Be My Undoing, Jerkins becomes both narrator and subject to expose the social, cultural, and historical story of black female oppressil3Ú