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Title details for You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson - Available

You Can't Touch My Hair

And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

by Phoebe Robinson
Jessica Williams
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A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • "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 Robinson
Being 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, she's ready to take these topics to the page—and she’s going to make you laugh as she’s doing it.
Using her trademark wit alongside pop-culture references galore, Robinson explores everything from why Lisa Bonet is "Queen. Bae. Jesus," to breaking down the terrible nature of casting calls, to giving her less-than-traditional advice to the future female president, and demanding that the NFL clean up its act, all told in the same conversational voice that launched her podcast, 2 Dope Queens, to the top spot on iTunes. As personal as it is political, You Can't Touch My Hair examines our cultural climate and skewers our biases with humor and heart, announcing Robinson as a writer on the rise.
Read by the Author, and featuring additional narration by Jessica Williams and John Hodgson
Featured on Refinery 29's list of "The Best Books Of 2016 So Far"

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    October 4, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9781524735616
      • File size: 221713 KB
      • Duration: 07:41:54

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The irreverent tone of the podcast "2 Dope Queens" carries over to this memoir about being a black woman in America. Phoebe Robinson, one of two hosts of the top-rated podcast, mixes pop culture with serious issues about contemporary feminism. She delivers her essay in a conversational tone that fans of the show will appreciate. Some listeners may find her delivery too flippant or the material irrelevant. This title will have the most appeal to millennial listeners and those who are nostalgic about the 1990s. If you haven't listened to the podcast, this book may inspire you to subscribe, especially if you want to hear more from Phoebe and her cohost, Jessica Williams. M.R. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 25, 2016
      Robinson, a stand-up comedian and host of the WNYC podcast 2 Dope Queens, brings a funny and original voice to her debut book of essays, combining personal experience with social commentary on race, gender, and pop culture. Moving, poignant, witty, and funny, Robinson takes on America’s “tumultuous” relationship with African-American hair, providing a history of black hair on the stage and screen as well as her own relationship with her hair (she didn’t go natural until after she finished high school). In other essays, she rants about the way the NFL treats women, discusses the demands she’d make on the first female U.S. president, and explains how to avoid being the token black friend. Robinson reveals how she uses her humor to survive the indignities that go along with being black in America, such as being followed around while shopping in stores or being called “uppity” for expressing her wishes to a white director. This is a promising debut by a talented, genuinely funny writer.

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