You Can't Touch My Hair

I really enjoy Phoebe's podcast 2 Dope Queens so I thought I'd give her book a shot. It's not quite a Bossypants or a Let's Pretend This Never Happened on the level of laughs. It's more reminiscent of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?” but with more snappy speech, more cultural references (a lot of cultural references) and social/racial commentary. Phoebe's tone, even when discussing heavy topics like profiling, is cheerful and young. I found the references a bit overkill at times, and that they took away from the message a bit. This is a short book, but I still feel like it could have been tightened up even more. The best part of this book are her thoughts on topics I take for granted but that Black women have to deal with every day. They are written maturely, but not morosely. I'd recommend this to someone who also listens to 2 Dope Queens, or someone who doesn't but loves books by female comics.