Aisha Harris

Road trip audiobook!

I found this in a listing of humorous memoirs, and while there are plenty of chuckles to be had, this is a little heavier than the celebrity fluff I usually listen to while driving, addressing racism, trauma, and voluntary childlessness amongst other topics. But Harris frames her essays with pop culture references -- e.g., Disney's The Lion King and The Little Mermaid films, the "Cousin Oliver" trope, and television series like Catastrophe, Sex and the City, and Russian show more Doll -- so there are relatable touchstones and moments of lightness even during the roughest parts.

Enlightening and amusing.

FOR REFERENCE

Contents: Introduction: Thank You, Rebecca Bunch -- 1. Isn't She Lovely -- 2. Blackety-Black -- 3. I'm a Cool Girl -- 4. Kenny G Gets It -- 5. Ebony & Ivory -- 6. This Is IP That Never Ends -- 7. On the Procreation Expectation -- 8. Parents Just Don't Understand -- 9. Santa Claus Is a Black Man -- Acknowledgments -- Notes show less

Pop culture essays by a Black Millennial. Interesting if not groundbreaking. Best chapters discuss being a Black critic of Black art; why so many TV shows/movies are sequels, reboots and remakes; and the 15 minutes of viral fame the author experienced when Fox News' Megyn Kelly took umbrage at Harris' suggestion that Santa Claus isn't a white man.