Dunn is the first author to examine blaxploitation movies and African American actresses contributions to this genre. Her premise is original--that sassy supermamas were the mothers of today's hip hop artists like Lil Kim and Foxy Brown and that Grier and Dobson's characters represented empowerment and independence. Leaving aside the colloquisms that dominate the book, Dunn writes in an accessible style. It is about time that for a book to appear about Pam Grier and Tamara Dobson, the original sassy supermamas as Dunn's title suggests.