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You can't touch my hair and other things I still have to explain, Phoebe Robinson

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You can't touch my hair and other things I still have to explain, Phoebe Robinson

Language

eng

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autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You can't touch my hair and other things I still have to explain

Oclc number

945352996

Responsibility statement

Phoebe Robinson

Summary

A hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster Phoebe Robinson

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- From Little Rock Nine to nappy hair, don't care in eighteen & half-ish years -- A brief history of black hair in film, TV, music, & media -- My nine favorite not-so-guilty pleasures -- Welcome to being black -- Dear future female president: my list of demands -- How to avoid being the black friend -- Uppity -- Casting calls for people of color that were not written by people of color -- The angry black woman myth -- People, places, & things that need to do better -- Letters to Olivia

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You cannot touch my hair and other things I still have to explain

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