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“Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Lips, and Other Parts” by Akiba Solomon and Ayana Byrd is a compilation of essays that articulates the black female experience. As a black woman, I found it easy to invest my emotions in the text, and in much of the writings I could see myself and people I know. Even though the essays are exclusively by black women, the sources are diverse. Women from all regions of the African diaspora were represented, as were socio-economic backgrounds, sexuality, conscientiousness, and celebrity. No voice more important than the other.
Some of the stories were cringe inducing, while others were light and endearing. It’s no surprise that the text is sexy – if you need a hint please check out the title. What is surprising, however, is that some of the sexiest essays were written by matriarchs whose seasoned beds have tantilized going back beyond the Civil Rights movement.
Although no author was repeated, there were reoccurring themes throughout the book. Some were unique to the black female experience and others are common to womanhood with no preference for race or culture. I found the topics relating to black women particularly relatable (no brainer-I’m black) and felt pity for the women who could find solace with the overwhelming pressure to validate oneself with the flattery of a man.
All in all, this book is delightful. No matter your race, there is wisdom and therapy to take from this book. All of those experiences and lessons learned should not be in vain.[keyword]naked woman tatoos[/keyword][yahooquestion]naked+woman+tatoos[/yahooquestion]
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I loved this book. It made me feel good to know that there are women out here that look beautiful on the outside, but feel ugly on the inside. It doesn’t matter if the are ugly or pretty, skinny or fat, this book made me realize that we all feel insecure about ourselves and that we take something we don’t like on our bodies and over exaggerate about it. I finally learned to accept my body for the way it is and I can now see myself the way others see me:)
I picked this book up in a time when I needed to hear these stories. As a young black female growing up in a white dominated society, at times it’s hard to say “I love my body.” I used to let all the things I hated about my body and my hair overshadow all the things I love about them. In the black community, at times i feel as if its taboo to feel negative about your body. When I was reading these stories I felt as if I wasn’t alone in my thoughts and feelings. The stories hit home for me and I identified with a lot of the women and their plight to find peace with themselves. As I’ve gotten older, from time to time i go back and reread some of the mini essays and smile as I notice how much I’ve grown to love myself.
briefly, the book is really dynamic because each essay doesn’t give pat answers, those sort of overly ambitious positive affirmations but rather recognizes the complexities and contradictions of being black, being a woman and feeling beautiful in this world. highly recommended
It’s about time books are coming out which positively portrays our beauty & sexuality!
Author Of Black Women Deserve Better
I purchased an invisibelt about a year ago directly from the invisibelt website. It was great, absolutely loved it. So I decided to get another in black. But the one I got is completely different than the one I purchased a year ago. It’s not a slim and as the adjuster is big, almost like a buckle, which completely defeats the purpose of the product. Also, the one I got a year ago is stretchy like elastic. This one does not stretch. It’s like I purchased a really ugly plastic black belt.
The actual product itself is great, but buy it directly from invisibelt, not from amazon.
Love this product, great concept. Unfortunately, after wearing as instructed for about two months, the buckle snapped. It is pretty flimsy and broke in half with no way to fix it.
I anxiously awaited the arrival of this product since I usually have need of a belt with pants and like the description claims, don’t like the look of a bulky buckle under my tops. Well, this accessory is not the answer to my dreams.
It’s constructed of unattractive plastic PVC type material that when cold or unused feels stiff and unmalleable; only after wearing a few moments and it warms to your body does it become more pliable. The other point is the slide part used in making the belt smaller or larger is still a buckle of sorts, and while it doesn’t create bulk in the front, there is some slightly in the back.
Overall I feel this product is rather expensive considering the cheap look and feel of it, and since it’s non returnable you should give it serious consideration before plunking down the $20.
I will end up wearing it at least a few times since I spent the money, but overall I feel stuck with it.
I’m very pleased with my new Invisibelt. It works exactly the way it was described to work on the Invisibelt website and on the demo video. I’m so excited that I can wear longer shirts over my pants now without having a bulky belt buckle that looks weird and feels uncomfortable. This belt holds my pants up excellently and you can’t even tell I’m wearing a belt. I rarely wore belts in the past because they were bulky, and then I had to constantly be pulling my pants up throughout the day. No longer! Hooray for the Invisibelt!
Desmond Morris has been utterly trounced and debunked on every side by Elaine Morgan. Read this book if you must, but immediately afterwards read her ‘The Descent of Woman’ so that you’ll spend as little time as possible believing his outdated bunkum.
I gave this book three star because, although the overall premise is demonstrably faulty, there were many interesting (if often unsupported) sociological tidbits included.
For me as a Photography, this book has been a great help in order to analize and understand better the women.
As a person brainwashed by catholicism’s negative thought on women and sex, this book was refreshing. It broadened my understanding of myself, of women and of humans as unique species.
If you insist in read this book, I recommend you take care with the risk of Planglossism. It is not always simples like that!