Miss Behave

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships
Cover of the book Miss Behave by Malebo Sephodi, Jacana Media
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Author: Malebo Sephodi ISBN: 9781928337539
Publisher: Jacana Media Publication: June 1, 2017
Imprint: Jacana Media Language: English
Author: Malebo Sephodi
ISBN: 9781928337539
Publisher: Jacana Media
Publication: June 1, 2017
Imprint: Jacana Media
Language: English

Upon encountering historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's quote, ‘well-behaved women seldom make history', Malebo Sephodi knew that she was tired of everyone else having a say on who and what she should be. Appropriating this quote, Malebo boldly renounces societal expectations placed on her as a black woman and shares her journey towards misbehavior. According to Malebo, it is the norm for a black woman to live in a society that prescribes what it means to be a well-behaved woman. Acting like this prescribed woman equals good behavior. But what happens when a black woman decides to live her own life and becomes her own form of who she wants to be? She is often seen as misbehaving. Miss-Behave challenges society's deep-seated beliefs about what it means to be an obedient woman. In this book, Malebo tracks her journey on a path towards achieving total autonomy and self-determinism. Miss-Behave will challenge, rattle and occasionally cause you to scream ‘yassss, yassss, yassss' at various intervals.

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Upon encountering historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's quote, ‘well-behaved women seldom make history', Malebo Sephodi knew that she was tired of everyone else having a say on who and what she should be. Appropriating this quote, Malebo boldly renounces societal expectations placed on her as a black woman and shares her journey towards misbehavior. According to Malebo, it is the norm for a black woman to live in a society that prescribes what it means to be a well-behaved woman. Acting like this prescribed woman equals good behavior. But what happens when a black woman decides to live her own life and becomes her own form of who she wants to be? She is often seen as misbehaving. Miss-Behave challenges society's deep-seated beliefs about what it means to be an obedient woman. In this book, Malebo tracks her journey on a path towards achieving total autonomy and self-determinism. Miss-Behave will challenge, rattle and occasionally cause you to scream ‘yassss, yassss, yassss' at various intervals.

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