Bad Feminist
by Roxane Gay
“Bad Feminist isn't the ultimate feminist manifesto and it doesn't try to be. It is incredibly successful, however, at what it sets out to do: pinpointing small and big injustices, analyzing constructs of gender and race in everyday life and popular culture and finally, calling for action and change.
Some reviewers seem to criticize that a) Roxane Gay references and talks about pop culture too often and b) she talks about her personal life too often — two aspects of this book I personally really appreciated. I liked how she bridges the gap between the personal (even intimate) and the public, the societal issues and constructs that inform her/our everyday life. She has an interesting and fresh view on literature, movies and TV shows and for me, that’s what makes her writing so accessible and interesting.
I’m not new to feminism, so a good share of the points Roxane Gay raised and arguments she made were already familiar to me, but she manages to summarize and contextualize them, so I always felt like I learned something new while reading each essay.
Bad Feminist is definitely the kind of book that will stick with me for a while and that I will keep coming back to. Since it's pretty clear to me by now that Roxane Gay can do no wrong when it comes to non fiction, I'm really interested to see what her fiction has to offer next!”
– goodreads