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Bad Feminist

by Roxane Gay
Bad Feminist

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This book is a well-crafted mix of humor and logic. The essays vary from personal topics to academic concepts. The overall reading experience is both fun and informative, and what struck me most was how the author illustrates how feminism doesn't have to be perfect to be beneficial.  Recommended By Junix S., Powells.com

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Best Book of the Year: NPR - Boston Globe - Newsweek - Time Out New York - Oprah.com - Miami Herald - Book Riot - Buzz Feed - Globe and Mail (Toronto) - The Root - Shelf Awareness

A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched cultural observers of her generation


In these funny and insightful essays, Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of color (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (Girls, Django in Chains) and commenting on the state of feminism today (abortion, Chris Brown). The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture.

Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better, coming from one of our most interesting and important cultural critics.

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"Blunt and funny….[Gay acknowledges] 'I am a mass of contradictions.' For Gay, though, these contradictions are less a condition to be remedied than a source of greater strength." Washington Post

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"A trenchant collection….Whatever her topic, Gay's provocative essays stand out for their bravery, wit, and emotional honesty." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

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"Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there." Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?

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"Entertaining and enlightening….Bad Feminist is an outtake of her wisdom, and we would all do well to take heed." Bitch Magazine

About the Author

Roxane Gay is the author of the essay collection Bad Feminist, which was a New York Times bestseller; the novel An Untamed State, a finalist for the Dayton Peace Prize; the memoir Hunger, which was a New York Times bestseller and received a National Book Critics Circle citation; and the short story collections Difficult Women and Ayiti. A contributing opinion writer to the New York Times, she has also written for Time, McSweeney's, the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The Rumpus, Bookforum, and Salon. Her fiction has also been selected for The Best American Short Stories 2012, The Best American Mystery Stories 2014, and other anthologies. She is the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel. She lives in Lafayette, Indiana, and sometimes Los Angeles.

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I haven't gotten to read the book but want to badly! I just read the friends to do list and am in love and dmd it to 15 women I know! thank you for the chance to win the book!

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K L Matthews , April 28, 2015
This book is incredible. As a "bad feminist" I thoroughly enjoyed seeing an accurate portrayal of a modern feminist. As a person of color and a college student, there were essays that uniquely struck a chord within me. And I think her essays on Chris Brown and 50 Shades of Gray are probably the most balanced arguments I've read thus far.

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nick.knepshield , February 19, 2015 (view all comments by nick.knepshield)
It's hard to find books that accurately depict the day-to-day experience of someone who identifies as a feminist. Gay is able to lift the curtain, and show readers that being a feminist is not inherently taking a moral high-ground, but rather, striving to better yourself each day. Gay's use of popular culture makes it fun to read about her various opinions regarding the world, and feminism's place within it.

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Kayla Perry , November 08, 2014 (view all comments by Kayla Perry)
There are many things I like about this book so it's hard to pin down what exactly makes it great. I love Gay's assertion that's it better to "be a bad feminist than be no feminist at all" and how critically she examines the intersectionality of race, class, and gender. With shrewd observation and nods to pop culture, Gay manages to make her book a fast, engaging read and challenge us to question all our preconceived notions of how our culture deals with POC in the media and life in general. Would highly recommend to anyone!

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IngridS , October 23, 2014
Roxane Gay's collection of essays was so thought provoking that it's been a couple weeks since I finished the collection and I'm still thinking about the essays. I've looked up scrabble tournaments curious about that subculture, my to-read list has practically doubled from books mentioned in her essays although I'm not ready to move on from this collection, her critiques on American culture throw punches, and I appreciate her honesty and writing.

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ISBN:
9780062282712
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Publication date:
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HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Pages:
336
Height:
1.00IN
Width:
5.20IN
Thickness:
.75
Author:
Roxane Gay
Subject:
Sociology -- essays.
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Humor-Anthologies

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