Summary of Issa Rae's The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 I was a cyber ho at only eleven years old, and I spent hours online chatting with imaginary friends. AOL gave me a social life, and I was able to talk to boys at my command.

#2 I spent my days and after-school hours online, chatting with kids my age who were also ahead of the curve. I led my friends to believe that I was on the brink of stardom by breathing in the smog of other celebrities around me.

#3 I was wrought with hormones, and I was obsessed with finding a boyfriend. I was too embarrassed to ask my peers, so I would imagine that I held the interest of all the boys. I was the continued object of disdain from my peers.

#4 I was rapidly coming to the conclusion that boys didn’t find me attractive. I was heartbroken, but I had a saving grace: the Instant Message feature on AOL, which allowed me to become someone else online. I could be light-skinned with long hair or blue-eyed with blond hair.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669384922

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Insights on Issa Rae's The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was a cyber ho at only eleven years old, and I spent hours online chatting with imaginary friends. AOL gave me a social life, and I was able to talk to boys at my command.

#2

I spent my days and after-school hours online, chatting with kids my age who were also ahead of the curve. I led my friends to believe that I was on the brink of stardom by breathing in the smog of other celebrities around me.

#3

I was wrought with hormones, and I was obsessed with finding a boyfriend. I was too embarrassed to ask my peers, so I would imagine that I held the interest of all the boys. I was the continued object of disdain from my peers.

#4

I was rapidly coming to the conclusion that boys didn’t find me attractive. I was heartbroken, but I had a saving grace: the Instant Message feature on AOL, which allowed me to become someone else online. I could