Bad Feminist: Essays Book Feature
Paperback: 336 pagesPublisher: Harper Perennial (August 5, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062282719
ISBN-13: 978-0062282712
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1 inches
“These essays are political and they are personal,” Roxanne Gay
announces in the introduction of Bad Feminist. “They are, like feminism,
flawed, but they come from a genuine place.” This place, as displayed
throughout the course of her excellent essay collection, is also one of
daring intelligence, imagination, and empathy. Gay leads by example. To
combat the demeaning stereotype that feminists are humorless, Gay imbues
her essays with levity. One of the best pieces comes early in the book
when Gay competes in a Scrabble tournament and her success as a beginner
angers her male opponents. It’s smart and laugh-out-loud funny essay,
and in a humbling turn, Gay herself finds a similar unwarranted
frustration toward competitors when she begins losing. Bad Feminist
represents Gay’s body of personal essays and critical work over the past
several years, and if the book has a slight misstep, it’s that it
sometimes feels like these are articles that have been published
elsewhere. (For example, Gay’s takedown of The Help is extraordinary,
but the same arguments return repeatedly in pieces about other films.)
Still, this is such a small complaint in a rare collection where each
and every piece is vital and the book as a whole feels important. Read
Bad Feminist: Essays online book today.
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