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You Can't Touch My Hair And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

A Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every day. Comedian Phoebe Robinson has experienced her fair share over the years: she's been unceremoniously relegated to the role of “the black friend,” as if she is somehow the authority on all things rac...

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How Did This Get Made?

In two episodes, the guest was introduced as an author and the hosts noted that she had written the book. No further commentary or recommendation was given beyond acknowledging its existence.

Episode: Matinee Monday: Freejack LIVE! (w/ Jessica St. Cla...

Phoebe Robinson was introduced as an author, and her book, You Can't Touch My Hair was mentioned by name.

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She is an author, wrote a book called You Can't Touch My Hair And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Episode: Matinee Monday: Freejack LIVE! (w/ Jessica St. Cla...

It was mentioned as a book that the guest, Phoebe Robinson, wrote.

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Wrote a book called You Can't Touch My Hair And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

It was mentioned as a book that was being read at the time, and the opening chapter was highlighted for its focus on award shows and the personal desire for recognition.

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I'm reading Phoebe Robinson's book right now, 'You Can't Touch My Hair', it's so good and her first, her opening chapter is a love letter to award shows and then but then she sort of turns it around a...

— Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

It was mentioned as a book that was being read at the time, and the opening chapter was highlighted for its focus on award shows and the personal desire for recognition.

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I'm reading Phoebe Robinson's book right now, 'You Can't Touch My Hair', it's so good and her first, her opening chapter is a love letter to award shows and then but then she sort of turns it around and she's like, but you know what, like the reason I was so obsessed with that is because I wanted to be on that stage and I saw and she was like but like it it never made that was my only like escape into my ego of being like I can be this fabulous person who's on stage and like maybe that was it for me.

Episode: "Oprah, as in Winfrey" (w/ Phoebe Robinson)

Phoebe's book, 'You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain', was mentioned and discussed, including a story about Oprah enjoying and wanting to connect with Phoebe after reading it.

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The New York Times bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have To Explain.

So when I was writing the book, I was always like, we should like get it to Oprah.

And I was like, LOL, like none of us know her or her people.

And so the book came out and then two days later, my lit agent called me and he was like, so they had to tell you something.

He's like, so Oprah has your book. And I was like, what? And I was like, how does she get it? I'm like, I mean, she's Oprah. She can get whatever she wants.

Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

It was mentioned as a book that the speaker was currently reading, specifically mentioning the opening chapter as a love letter to award shows.

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I'm reading Phoebe Robinson's book right now, You Can't Touch My Hair, it's so good and her first, her opening chapter is a love letter to award shows.

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