![]() ![]() Gay quotes a number of women who identify as feminist and then those who don’t due to the harsh connotations. “Bad Feminist: Take One” (which appears at the very end of the collection) begins by defining feminism (though I’m not sure why she’s doing this again–to come full circle?). ![]() She notes, “Feminism has helped me believe that my voice matters, even in this world where there are so many voices demanding to be heard.” This is from the introduction, which first tells the reader that Gay is a bad feminist–someone who believes in equality and thinks sexism is institutional, but who also contradicts what some people believe is feminism.Ī number of essays seemed without a thesis, which caused the content to seem only loosely related. ![]() Several times, Gay tries to define feminism and understand her relationship to the idea. The book is broken into sections:Įach section has a number of essays that address the topic of the section. Bad Feminist (Harper Perennial, 2014) by Roxane Gay is a collection of essays, many of which have appeared online at places like The Rumpus, Jezebel, and Buzzfeed. ![]()
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