Brown Girl Like Me, 9781529056310
Hardcover
Empowering South Asian women to dismantle oppression, piece by piece.
Save 13%

Brown Girl Like Me

the essential guidebook and manifesto for south asian girls and women

RRP$44.99

$39.25

  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    25 July 2022

Check Delivery Options

Summary

Brown Girl Like Me: An Empowering Journey of Identity and Change

Brown Girl Like Me is an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women with the confidence and tools they need to navigate the difficulties that come with an intersectional identity. Jaspreet Kaur unpacks key issues such as the media, the workplace, the home, education, mental health, culture, confidence, and the body, to help South Asian women understand and tackle the issues that affect them, and help t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529056310
ISBN-10:1529056314
Author:Jaspreet Kaur
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Bluebird
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:25 July 2022
Weight:416g
Dimensions:223mm x 143mm x 32mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Jaspreet voices all the taboos of a brown girl’s existence with truth, honesty and blatancy – Shazia Mirza, comedian and writerStunning … this is not just an insightful declaration of empowerment. The book is a toolkit designed to equip women with the confidence they need to navigate an intersectional identity. – DESIblitzJaspreet’s writing provides vital access to a beautifully captured experience of growing up in a diverse Britain: this results in a beautifully informative, entertaining and affirming book. – Preet Gill, MPA rousing manifesto, borne from Kaur’s wide-ranging personal experiences and those of other strong brown women, for taking our identities and power back from society and fully owning our voices and places in the world. Beyond “essential reading”, this book should be “canonical reading.” – Jenny Bhatt, author of the award-winning Each of Us KillersThis is an authentic, bold and and inspiring read. It talks about some of the most crucial topics in society which I can strongly identify with. As an Indian woman who was brought up in Scotland, I felt her book amazingly reflected most of my own personal experiences at the same time… I believe all brown girls and beyond will find a piece of themselves between these pages. The book is informative and important. I would highly recommend it! – Dr Pushpinder Chowdhry, MBE, founder and CEO of The UK Asian Film Festival and Tongues on Fire

About The Author

Jaspreet Kaur

Jaspreet Kaur, also known by her online handle ‘Behind the Netra’ is the author of Brown Girl Like Me and an award-winning spoken word artist, history teacher and writer from London. She is passionate about gender issues, taboo subjects and encouraging positive social change in both the Asian community and wider society. Her work tackles issues related to gender discrimination, mental health stigma, the postcolonial immigrant experience, and more. She is a regular on the BBC and Sunday Morning Live and worked with the UN on the ‘HeforShe’ campaign. In 2020 she was awarded the Ben Pimlott Writer in Residency at Birkbeck University as a Research Fellow with the Politics Department and was Artist in Residence with the Spine Festival, led by Apples and Snakes.

Returns

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.