For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color

By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

Book Overview

From the founder of Latina Rebels, a rallying cry for women of color that gives them the keys for their own liberation

"Mojica Rodr guez's electrifying debut channels mesmeric prose to heal the wounds of white supremacy." --Los Angeles Times

For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodr guez has created a community to help women fight together. In For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, she offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all women of color. She crafts powerful ways to address the challenges Brown girls face, from imposter syndrome to colorism. She empowers women to decolonize their worldview, and defy "universal" white narratives, by telling their own stories. Her book guides women of color toward a sense of pride and sisterhood and offers essential tools to energize a movement.

May it spark a fire within you.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541674871
• ISBN13: 9781541674875
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"