Kendra Allen's first collection of essays unifies personal narrative and cultural commentary, and grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism, feminism, war-induced PTSD, homophobia, marriage, and "the n-word," among other things. When You Learn the Alphabet allots space for large moments of tenderness and empathy for all black bodies--but especially all black woman ...
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Kendra Allen's first collection of essays unifies personal narrative and cultural commentary, and grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism, feminism, war-induced PTSD, homophobia, marriage, and "the n-word," among other things. When You Learn the Alphabet allots space for large moments of tenderness and empathy for all black bodies--but especially all black woman bodies--space for the underrepresented humanity and uncared for pain of black girls, and space to have the opportunity to be listened to in order to evolve past it.
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