Comments on: Review: Sister Citizen, Melissa Harris-Perry

By: Sarah Says Read

Sarah Says Read — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:33:42 +0000

This sounds really interesting! While I read about racism in general, I never read about racism specifically towards black women. I’ll keep an eye out for this.

By: aartichapati

aartichapati — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 04:48:38 +0000

This sounds like a book I’d find very valuable as well. I can imagine how exhausting it must be to fight against the stereotypes people hold of you. I just saw The Butler last night, and it really just reiterated how much history there is behind these stereotypes. It’s not like I wasn’t aware of it before, but one can become complacent sometimes, and it’s important to remind yourself and inform yourself.

By: litlove

litlove — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:37:14 +0000

Oh I love books that dig into issues around representation. This is something I feel I know so little about. Definitely the sort of book I should look out for.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:08:48 +0000

In reply to Jenny. Yes! Ebooks! Ebooks are great! They make my life so much easier and happier.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:08:27 +0000

In reply to Anbolyn Potter (@anbolynp). I've been reading more nonfiction over the last few years, but yeah, I still do a ratio of probably three fiction to one nonfiction (if that low).

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:07:51 +0000

In reply to Julia. Me too! Me too! A few of them do, but not nearly enough.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:07:26 +0000

In reply to Athira. I am too! Reading this reminded me how much I enjoy media criticism.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:06:59 +0000

In reply to Lisa. Oo, what have you read about that? That sounds really interesting too!

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:06:42 +0000

In reply to NWK (@MumsyNancy). It was good. Are you familiar with Melissa Harris-Perry? She's good, I think you'd like her.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:55:50 +0000

In reply to Alice.

Do! You can’t do better than Melissa Harris-Perry — she’s very eloquent, and she’s also cautious about drawing broad conclusions from limited data. So it’s great.