I'm planning to reread this as an ebook so that I can highlight passages and annotate until my heart's content. But I definitely, definitely recommend listening to the audiobook first, which is narrated by the author herself.

Final impressions:
• Before anything else, I must commend the author for doing a brilliant job in narrating. Listening to the audiobook felt like a conversation with a close friend who's not one to mince her words. It was a very compelling and engaging experience. (By the way, the audiobook is available on Scribd, and you can use my referral link to get a free trial.)

• Prior to this book, I'd never heard of Trap Feminism. And while this book offers a great introduction into what Trap Feminism entails, it's written very much like a memoir as the author references her personal experiences and knowledge of trap music/culture to navigate the discussion.
- Bowen makes a commendable effort in clearly drawing the line between what Trap Feminism is and what it isn't intended to be.
- To paraphrase the book, Trap Feminism is an avenue for self-determination, specific to Black women and femmes. While it presents a valuable framework for empowerment and self-liberation, it isn't flaunted as the be-all and end-all ideology that can dismantle systemic unfairness and subjugation.
- In line with this, I really appreciated that this book is brimming with a wealth of knowledge, insight, and above all else, self-awareness.

• Unapologetically comfortable in its use of AAVE (rightfully so!), Bad Fat Black Girl is a witty, thoughtfully written nonfiction that explicitly highlights the lived experiences of Black women in America. Particularly Black women born and raised in the hood.
- Being fat, queer, and Black herself, Bowen dauntlessly delves into the plentiful intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and body politics.
- As a former sex worker, Bowen tackles the topic with tongue-in-cheek honesty and self-awareness.
- It's worth noting that there's also a frank discussion on how Black people from the hood are pressured into conforming to what is acceptable or palatable to a white supremacist society. (Even though hood and ghetto cultures are continuously exploited for profit and cultural mileage.)

• The social commentary was, for lack of a better term, provocative. In a sense that it really challenged me to question my understanding of culture, empowerment, and identity.
- As I am neither Black nor American, Bad Fat Black Girl was an eye-opening experience for me. Especially as I reconciled the iron-clad influence of America, including its pop culture, on my country with the anti-Blackness within my own communities.
- On a more personal level, reading this book also prompted me to reevaluate my relationship with my body and sense of self.
- It also low-key reignited my fascination with the field of Gender and Sexuality!

• Bad Fat Black Girl is an excellent book to pick up if you want to challenge your ideas of feminism and/or if you are seeking feminist nonfiction that's intersectional, genuine, and thought-provoking. To sum up my thoughts: Powerful and empowering. A new favorite.

Highest of recommendations!