You can't touch my hair and other things I still have to explain

Phoebe Robinson First published 2016

About this book

A hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster Phoebe Robinson.

Being a Black woman in American means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities. Robinson uses her trademark wit to explore examine our cultural climate and skewer our biases with humor and heart.

Subjects

  • african americans, biography
  • african american women comedians
  • biography
  • biography & autobiography / general
  • biography & autobiography / personal memoirs
  • comedians, biography
  • comedians, united states
  • essays
  • humor
  • humor / essays
  • humor / form / essays
  • humor, form, essays
  • humor (nonfiction)
  • new york times bestseller
  • nonfiction
  • nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2016-10-23
  • performing arts / theater / general
  • social science / essays
  • social science / ethnic studies / african american studies
  • sociology
  • television comedy writers
  • women, united states, biography