This Is Major

A National Book Critics Circle Finalist in Autobiography * Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award * Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by USA Today Bitch Magazine Parade Salon and Ms. MagazineFrom afierce and humorous new voice comes a relevant insightful and rivetingcollection of personal essays on the richness and resilience of black girlculture—for readers of Samantha Irby Roxane Gay Morgan Jerkins and LindyWest. ShaylaLawson is major. You don’t know who she is. Yet. But that’s okay. She is on amission to move black girls like herself from best supporting actress to astarring role in the major narrative. Whether she’s taking on workplace microaggressionsor upending racist stereotypes about her home state of Kentucky she looks forthe side of the story that isn’t always told the places where the voices ofblack girls haven’t been heard.The essaysin This is Major ask questions like: Why are black women invisibleto AI? What is “black girl magic”? Or:Am I one viral tweet away from becoming Twitter famous? And: How much magicdoes it take to land a Tinder date?Witha unique mix of personal stories pop culture observations and insights intopolitics and history Lawson sheds light on these questions as well as themany ways black women and girls have influenced mainstream culture—from theirstyle to their language and even their art—and how “major”they really are.Timelyenlightening and wickedly sharp This IsMajor places black women at the center—no longer silenced no longer theminority.