![]() And as they find their way to loving and being loved, they have the support of family and friends to keep the buoyed during their low moments and to help them soar during their high ones. Yet when her mentor provides a tutoring opportunity to increase her edge, shes suddenly reunited with the white. More importantly, these women can be all those things at the same time and still get the love they want and the happily ever after they seek. Frierson, Head for Business: Teachers Book Upper-intermediate levelMark Tulip. ![]() My heroines, all Black women, are as complex as I know I am, which means they’re as strong as they are vulnerable, as smart as they are unwise, as confident as they are unsure. Medical Device ReportingCarrollynn Chang, Being PlumvilleSavannah J. In a society where anti-Blackness is ever present and Black women face many discouraging statistics about their fates in love, finding romances featuring heroines who look like us is not only a relief, but also crucial. Women of all stripes want to see themselves reflected in the stories they consume, and this is especially true for marginalized readers. ![]() I don’t write YA (yet), but that connection and excitement to see myself reflected in prose remain a foundation as I write romance and women’s fiction. ![]()
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