Bad Feminist: Essays - Softcover

Gay, Roxane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062282719 ISBN 13: 9780062282712

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2014

Synopsis

From the author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, the New York Times Bestseller and Best Book of the Year at NPR, the Boston Globe, Newsweek, and many more

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

"Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink--all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue."

In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane 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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Review:

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

"Toss Roxane Gay's collection of witty, thoughtful essays, Bad Feminist into your tote bag. With musings on everything from Sweet Valley High to the color pink, Gay explores the idea of being a feminist, even when you're full of contradictions."--Self, "Smart beach-read alert"

"Gay's essays are consistently smart and provocative. . . . Her essay collection will give you dinner-party conversation through September."--Jennifer Weiner's 10 best beach reads, USA Today

"An assortment of comical, yet astute essays that touch on Gay's personal evolution as a woman, popular culture throughout the recent past, and the state of feminism today."--Harper's Bazaar

"Roxane Gay may call herself a bad feminist but she is a badass writer. . . . Reading Bad Feminist is like having a fascinating (one-way) conversation with an extremely smart, well-read, funny and thoughtful party guest. Here's hoping we have another encounter soon."--Associated Press

"Roxane Gay is the gift that keeps on giving. . . . An entertaining and thought-provoking essay collection."--Time

"Bad Feminist collects the very good essays of 'It girl' culture critic Roxane Gay."--Vanity Fair, Hot Type

"She had me at Sweet Valley High. Gay playfully crosses the borders between pop culture consumer and critic, between serious academic and lighthearted sister-girl, between despair and optimism, between good and bad. . . . How can you help but love her?"--Melissa Harris-Perry, Wake Forest Professor and MSNBC host

"Gay writes with probing intelligence about pop-culture topics from the morality of Tyler Perry to how much the Sweet Valley High books mattered to her."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"A collection of sharp, Sontag-ianly searing pieces on everything from Orange Is the New Black to likability in fiction to abortion legislation. . . . Her pieces manage to be at once conversational and full of pithy aphorisms."--The L Magazine

Book Description:

'I'm human, full of contradictions, and a feminist.' Bad Feminist is collection of frank, funny, whip-smart and spot-on essays from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay (@rgay).

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062282719
• ISBN 13: 9780062282712
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336