Corey B. King
5 min readDec 8, 2020

Cardi B: Unbothered and Untamed, Which Is Why You’re Mad

Nothing bothers sexists and racists alike, more than an unapologetic and self-assured woman. I remember reading, Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, in my freshman English class, and I was struck how the protagonist Janie Crawford was a woman ahead of her time, and how the whole novel was very autobiographical, while at the same time being fiction. I was eighteen at the time. Every year since, I have been reminded…

Corey B. King

Writer, Professor. Published my second book, I Have Some Shit to Say, memoir/essay collection in 2018! You can find me on Twitter at @coreybking