Hey WNO fam! I'm reading a cool new book and wanted to share it with you. It's called Bitch is the New Black and is by a young, black and fabulous journalist named Helena Andrews (who is quickly replacing Necole Bitchie as my imaginary BFF).
Being the urban wanna-be Carrie Bradshaw that I am, I had heard of Helena and her book before it went on sale this past summer but initially had some reservations about diving head first into it. With mainstream media shoving the single, black, professional female meme down our throats, I was afraid that Helena, and the intelligent & credible sister that she is, may be jumping on the bandwagon & negatively cosigning. Although I liked what I had seen of her in interviews, I was afraid that her book may position her as the Michael Steele of single, black, professional females, lol. The book sat in my Amazon shopping cart for months and I finally purchased it with one of my fabulous Amazon giftcards I received for Christmas. I'm glad to report that I am half way done reading the book and that my initial fears are unfounded.
**CallMeKarrie Time-Out: That paragraph was full of fellatio imagery juxtaposed with socio-political commentary. See what I just did. I talk dirty but my mouth clean. Take that, take that... Now back to my regularly scheduled program**
I'm not on Helena's payroll, so I will end my praise here for now. Not sure if I'll do a formal "book review" but I will def refer to it in my posts. Its a cool book, check it out and tell me what you think.
In closing, I'll leave you with my favorite line from Chapter 1 that got me hooked:
Only Jesus knows how badly I want to f*ck him right now.
Hilarious!
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