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Mekdela

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Mekdela is an Ethiopian-American writer, activist, and organizer. She is a contributor of the anthology, “Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism.” Her work has been featured in the North England Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Pennycress Zine. She is an avid student of Feminist and Critical Race theory. Mekdela earned her MA in Social and Public Policy from the University of Leeds, where she wrote about how the media and public perception shape each other and the public policies that create our realities.

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Plus-Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change

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I read this book when I was in the 8th grade, in the throes of clinical depression, and fresh out of a friend group breakup. This was the most difficult year of my life. I am so grateful for the school library and young adult books like this one. Though it's not listed in my memoir, this book helped shape my character. Notable quotes: "One's character is set at an early age. I'd hate to see you sw Read more of this blog post »

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Mekdela and 2216 other people liked Lauren's review of Yesteryear: "Is this a social experiment? This book is REALLY bad. It was written in 8 weeks FOR THE SCREEN and it shows. It’s the epitome of going so far one way that you end up right where you started. The structure was messy and confusing and the writing itsel" Read more of this review »
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Mekdela rated a book really liked it Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mekdela and 1139 other people liked Lisa of Troy's review of I'm Glad My Mom Died: "Shall we light it up? A bridge. It’s time. When I was in middle school, my mother told me that my glasses were ugly, that the children would call me Four-Eyes. Interesting Fact: No one has ever called me this but my mother. She taught me a cabbage sou" Read more of this review »
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Mekdela rated a book did not like it The Imaginary Friend by Michelle Dunne (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is criminal. Firstly, there should have been trigger warnings at the beginning of the book or the chapters featuring explicit content. Eve's story is tragic and it touched me deeply, but I still recognize that this book is problematic. Afte ...more
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Mekdela and 6 other people liked Stitching Ghost's review of Plus-Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change: "It was interesting to revisit some of quintessential items of millennial pop culture with an angle that was more than merely nostalgic. The part about the Spice Girls was really great. I wish we had gotten a little more on the memoir side though beca" Read more of this review »
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Mekdela rated a book it was amazing The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) by Suzanne Collins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Stellar! I loved this book. I recently reread the entire Hunger Games series after I finished Sunrise on the Reaping. Sunrise was my favorite, so The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes had big shoes to fill. And fill it did! It's now my favorite book of t ...more
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Mekdela rated a book it was ok One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1) by Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Spoilers below* I was disappointed by this book. The premise is that one of the four students in the "Bayview Four" is lying and directly involved in Simon's murder. "Pay close attention and you might solve this," the book jacket reads. So I paid clos ...more
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Mekdela and 179 other people liked krista ☽✧'s review of One of Us Is Lying (One of Us Is Lying, #1): " One of us is lying aka one of these persons that are all walking highschool drama tropes is lying but we got no clues. so ehm. (view spoiler)" Read more of this review »
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Mekdela rated a book it was amazing Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read this book when I was in the 8th grade, in the throes of clinical depression, and fresh out of a friend group breakup. This was the most difficult year of my life. I am so grateful for the school library and young adult books like this one. Tho ...more
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