Jerkins is a feminist too, and that is an important part of her identity. I am white, and I have proudly called myself a feminist for as long as I’ve known the word. But in this book, Jerkins, through a sharply honest, crystal clear account of her personal experiences, illuminates for me the narrow rut of my own-and the ways that language, media, and politics cater to it. I expected it to check boxes of what I believed I knew about the intersection Jerkins is writing from. I think because of this, when I sat down with her essay collection This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, I expected the contents to feel familiar. I admire her, and have always mused that as women in our 20s, we have much in common. I follow her on Twitter, where she is an impressive presence. Her writing has been published in the magazines and websites I read: The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Book Riot, BuzzFeed. Jerkins and I are around the same age we have many of the same interests. I was drawn to Morgan Jerkins’s writing because I feel a kinship with her.
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