Foreword / Sonia Sanchez -- Introduction. Sowing beauty / Bethann Hardison, as told to the editors -- Piropos / ayana Byrd -- Black fuzzy thing / Asali Solomon -- The curse of Ida Bell / Lori L. Tharps -- Ho gear / Beverly Smith, as told to the editors -- For colored girls / Aminata Cisse -- Flesh is best / Jill Nelson -- The free black woman / Akiba Solomon -- Selling sexuality / Kelis, as told to Margeaus Watson -- La Nera / Ayana Mathis -- The curl / April Yvonne Garrett -- Apples and pears / Tomika Anderson -- Femme invisibility / Laini Madhubuti -- Feeling pretty / Jill Scott, as told to the editors and Karen R. Good -- Playing the vixen / Margeaux Watson -- Cold turkey / asha bandele -- In search of ... (A real-life body play in three acts) / Rosemary Matthews -- The dark den / Cynthia Berry -- My tush / Tracee Ellis Ross -- Miss Piggy gets depressed, too / Elon D. Johnson -- Dr. Feelgood / Hilda Hutcherson, as told to the editors -- No fairy tale / Norell Gaincana -- Calendar girl / Melyssa Ford, as told to the editors -- Before and after / Precious Jackson, as told to the editors -- Bump, grind, twist, and celebrate / Iyanla Vanzant, as told to the editors
Summary:
Contains over twenty essays in which African-American women discuss their bodies and physical characteristics, including selections from Iyanla Vanzant, Jill Scott, Melyssa Ford, and others.
