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35th out of 84 books
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17 voters
Bulletproof Diva
by
Lisa Jones
In Bulletproof Diva, LisaJones brings the wit and candor of her infamousVillage Voice column, "Skin Trade,"to a much larger audience. Chock full of the"fierce black girl humor" that has made hercolumn so popular, this provocative collection ofessays and observations on race, sex, identity, andthe politics of style speaks to a young generationof blacks who were raised in an...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
February 19th 1997
by Anchor
(first published 1994)
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Overall, I liked it. I'm a native New Yorker and a mixed woman that has always identified as black, so I think that I'm the target audience for this book. I wholeheartedly agreed with some things, and other things I had huge problems with. For one, the debate about being a so-called rainbow baby almost seemed like as someone half black, it's just good practice to identify your blackness to gain entry into this private world of brothers and sisters. Also, the hair debate felt very once sided. I k...more
Style is political. This is a statement made by author Lisa Jones, and epitomizes her stance in the book. A collection of essays published originally in the Village Voice, this book was a big deal for me when I first read it in my early twenties, as it articulated a language that echoed the one in my head- where pop culture, style, and politics are all interrelated and that learning to read media and the ideas signified there are sussed out and interrogated. What does the way that Mariah Carey i...more
Lisa Jones’ Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair is a collection of essays that confronts the intersections of race and culture from the perspective of a biracial woman who identifies as Black. Jones, the daughter of writers Amiri Baraka and Hettie Jones, describes her struggle with her racial identity and intersperses her experiences with witty observations about race and the representation of race in popular culture. Set in New York City in the 1990’s, the cultural references have a...more
rarely actually "funny", but always wry, well written, clear sighted and clever.
Aug 08, 2011
Elizabeth
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Great collection of essays. Really enjoyable.
This is the type of "trade book" I would like to write...I first read Bulletproof Diva in highschool and was subsequently converted to Black feminist thinking and cultural criticism as a way of life. Her thoughts on everything from race, popular culture, hair, ethnicity, and identity are fascinating as well as provocative. I also really liked the journalistic Village Voicey writing style. Although like many books I read while I was "younger" I wonder if I would have the same thoughts today so I...more
Cool and fresh
really enjoyed this collection of essays.
elevates the art of the personal essay... easy to get into for women of color.
lisa jones never fails to amaze. i read this originally as a college student, and reread it again many years later. if i cannot be like lisa jones, i at least want friends like her. what a phenomenal writer, activist, and woman...!
Apr 20, 2008
Elisa Gusdal
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People who like this subject! ;)
Shelves:
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Ms. Jones will give you something to talk about in her collection of essays on skin color and gender politics. Her hip writing in this book makes it one of my favorites!
I wish I could remember who suggested this great book. I loved Jones essays.
Get over yourself.
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