Article: Dear Black Girl

This piece originally appeared in the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper

Name a book that every Black girl should read. Perhaps your choice is a haunting tale of repressive beauty standards like Morrison’s “Bluest Eye” or Angelou’s heroic biography “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.” Maybe you’d suggest Souljah’s streetwise epic “Coldest Winter Ever” or Vanzant’s empowering guide “Don’t Give It Away.”

Enter Tamara Winfrey-Harris’ “Dear Black Girl,” a love letter for us, by us, that’s powerfully positioned in this moment to remind Black girls of all ages that the only gaze that matters is our own.

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