I finally made it to the Roxane Gay party! Bad Feminist is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by Roxane Gay that covers many topics. The essays are divided into categories such as “Gender and Sexuality,” “Race and Entertainment,” “Politics, Gender and Race,” and “ME.” Within each category, Gay offers a number of essays related to the topic at hand, writing with insight, well-argued liberal opinions, and humor. She is well versed in politics and pop culture, and is willing to reveal something of herself […]
Honest and Complicated
Best for: Those who enjoy amazing writing, searing honesty, and vulnerability. In a nutshell: Roxane Gay shares a memoir of her life, framed through her relationship with her body. Line that sticks with me: There are too many to include all of them. But here’s one: “But the pain of a tattoo is something to which you have to surrender because once you’ve started, you cannot really go back or you’ll be left with something not only permanent but unfinished. I enjoy the irrevocability of […]
Difficult Women Persist
So after starting and not finishing two books, I decided it was time to tackle a book of short stories. If I have chosen novels or a biography poorly, I like short stories. It’s like eating salt and pepper Kettlechips, before you know it you’re at the bottom of the bag, licking your fingers and wanting more. I read Difficult Women thinking about the title. Why the word difficult? All of the stories are told by women. The stories range from a story of two […]
She had already learned the dangers of sincerity.
Faithful followers of my must-read, brilliantly executed, and always punctual reviews will know that I only recently discovered Roxane Gay last year, with Bad Feminist. And you will know that based on reading only that collection of essays, I will follow her to the ends of the earth, shout her name from the rooftops, aspire to be as articulate, hilarious, and honest as she, and never be dissuaded from my undying love for her. Difficult Women is haunting and beautiful. I was nervous. My expectations […]
“I am a bad feminist. I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.”
Here we are – my first Cannonball Read ever! I’m super excited, and also terrified, but this new year is already starting to look insane, so what the heck, I’m jumping in with both feet. Bad Feminist is a series of essays focused on gender, sexuality and race. Roxanne Gay writes about the feminist movement and its flaws, but she focuses more on sexism and racism in books, movies, music, language and politics. One of my biggest struggles with sexism and racism when I crash […]
How do we reconcile the imperfections of feminism with all the good it can do?
If I could have Roxane Gay follow me around for the rest of my life contextualizing my experiences as processed through her personal brain filter, I would have no more wishes for my genie, even if he insisted that I had two wishes left. I would tell him to fuck off, I’m all set: I’ve got Roxane Gay. I’m going to re-read this one. Probably twice or thrice. She is my new best friend. She is the smartest person I know (I don’t know her). […]
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