A Black Girls Lit Book Review 🥨
She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson
Quinta Brunson was just a Philly girl living in a LA world with dreams of working in comedy when she became a meme sensation overnight! After her “Girl Who’s Never” videos started to garner the attention of the public and her move from the Apple store to BuzzFeed, Quinta was finally able to work on her internet content, sketch comedy, writing, and show pitches. In She Memes Well, Quinta B. talks about all the things that make her the self-proclaimed “semi-famous, expert Mario Party-playing, comedy-loving bad cook” that she is today; from her first meme experience to her appearance as a series regular on “A Black Lady Sketch Show”, Quinta uses this collection of essays to share her stumbles along her path from memedom to stardom.
Reading this felt like I was sitting on the couch with one of my homegirls and this book gave me all the nostalgic homesick vibes for my beloved hometown. The anecdotes in each chapter mixed with her added humor made this a very down-to-earth and cool way of getting to know Quinta and I never knew we shared so many things in common, such as our height (I actually might be shorter than her lol), our love of Pharrell Williams, having four siblings, bonding with our nephews through video games, and of course our love for all things Philly!
My favorite chapters definitely had to be Quinta’s Classics, her time as a member of the high school fight Avengers 😂, the many life lessons you can learn from Mario Kart, Ahali, and her three great loves. I also liked how she explained the difference between being a celebrity and being famous and how she is in it for the craft as opposed to the notoriety. I’m glad that I got to read this as the Well Read Black Girl read for July and that I was able to attend the amazing zoom discussion with Quinta yesterday (she answered my question y’all & I’m lowkey hype she said me name lol). I highly recommend this for those who have also read and enjoyed The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae.
Also, don’t forget to support Quinta by watching her new show “Abbott Elementary” when it premieres on ABC!
Rating: 💰💰💰💰💰/5 (5 money bags out of 5 because “Oooh, he got money!”)
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