02160cam a2200313 i 4500 506903835 TxAuBib 20210917120000.0 210402s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021010633 9781538702741 PAP 17.99 1538702746 PAP 17.99 TxAuBib rda Perkins, Nichole. Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be [BOOK] : essays / Nichole Perkins. First edition. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021. 263 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Pop culture is the Pandora’s Box of our lives. Racism, wealth, poverty, beauty, inclusion, exclusion, and hope -- all of these intractable and unavoidable features course through the media we consume. Examining pop culture’s impact on her life, Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet from the perspective of one southern Black woman. She explores her experience with mental illness and how the TV series Frasier served as a crutch, how her role as mistress led her to certain internet message boards that prepared her for current day social media, and what it means to figure out desire and sexuality and Prince in a world where marriage is the only acceptable goal for women. Combining her sharp wit, stellar pop culture sensibility, and trademark spirited storytelling, Nichole boldly tackles the damage done to women, especially Black women, by society’s failure to confront the myths and misogyny at its heart, and her efforts to stop the various cycles that limit confidence within herself. Provided by publisher. 20210917. Perkins, Nichole. African American authors 21st century Biography. African American women authors 21st century Biography. Podcasters United States Biography. Essays.