You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
✍ Scribed by Robinson, Phoebe
- Book ID
- 109237040
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780143129219
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
"A must-read...Phoebe Robinson discusses race and feminism in such a funny, real, and specific way, it penetrates your brain and stays with you." –Ilana Glazer, co-creator and co-star of Broad City
A hilarious and timely essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from upcoming comedy superstar and 2 Dope Queens podcaster Phoebe RobinsonBeing a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every day. Comedian Phoebe Robinson has experienced her fair share over the years: she's been unceremoniously relegated to the role of "the black friend," as if she is somehow the authority on all things racial; she's been questioned about her love of U2 and Billy Joel ("isn't that . . . white people music?"); she's been called "uppity" for having an opinion in the workplace; she's been followed around stores by security guards; and yes, people do ask her whether they can touch her hair all. the. time. Now,...