BGD’s First Anthology Is Available Now!

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Black Girl Dangerous On Race, Queerness, Class and Gender is a collection of works by BGD creator Mia McKenzie. It represents two years of compelling, concise, sometimes controversial writing on some of the most important topics of our time. And it’s on sale now on Barnes and Noble and Amazon!

From the Introduction, by Mia McKenzie:

“The essays in this book are my favorites of the pieces I’ve written for BGD in the last two years. They range in topic from race to queerness to class to gender and sometimes all of those at once. They are both personal and political. Some are funny, some are serious, many are both. Along with the original pieces from Black Girl Dangerous, I have included some information on community responses to the works, questions that came up, points I thought of after the fact and, in some cases, instances where my thinking around the subject changed after the writing of the piece. Within these pages are two years worth of my brain working. Two years worth of my experiences. Two years worth of my voice.”

Advance Praise for Black Girl Dangerous On Race, Queerness, Class and Gender:

Mia McKenzie is one of the most provocative and insightful writers of our generation. She’s carved out a space that acknowledges her radical black feminist queer existence, and boldly confronts the ideologies and practices that would extinguish her very being. By holding a mirror up to familiar matters and pointing out the contradictions of what we sometimes think we already know, she renders a vision of dignified survival that also allows us to celebrate the work we do toward freedom. —Aura Bogado, Colorlines

With a clarion voice that prioritizes social-justice praxis over alluring soundbites…[Mia McKenzie’s] writing for Black Girl Dangerous is tough-love activism at its best—straightforward, challenging, whip-smart, and uncompromising. McKenzie puts both her heart and her big, sprawling brain on display in her work, and the pair are equally formidable. —Andi Zeisler, Bitch Magazine

Vitally accessible with clear, concise and consciousness-raising insights, Black Girl Dangerous’ first anthology is a snapshot of a fierce voice among a generation of queer and trans folk of color. Through Mia’s prose we get a mirror—and we look so damn fly! —Janet Mock, New York Times bestselling author of Redefining Realness

 

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