
No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”.
Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”…
No woman has ever written enough. – bell hooks
The burden of representation weighs heavily on Fin as she faces an invidious choice: self over cause?
Nicki considers pandering to a lazy trope to open doors for her…will it?….. Ngozi explores “whitewashing” though it involves grievous bodily harm.
Mary optimistically ventures into digital dating….the perfect antidote for her self-loathing and depression and Tiwa wants to expose the insidious impact of the economic crisis on her world…
From a London casting room to a dystopian future, a sci-fi mystery to a TV studio, women tell their different stories, sharing their perspectives of being black and female in contemporary Britain….