Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

44 reviews

emwgrace's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Slavery, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Roxane Gay’s authorial voice is powerful, honest, and unlike any other. Her perspectives on everything from Scrabble to reproductive rights are poignant, hilarious, and absolutely as necessary today as they were in 2015. Everyone should read this. And Bahni Turpin’s narration in the audiobook is spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Rape, Police brutality, Sexism, Transphobia, Racial slurs, and Cursing

There are essays in this book that are challenging and cover tragic content, but Gay does so in a very compassionate way with a great deal of care.

taviarz's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

Good for an intro to media analysis and how it intersects with gender, race, and politics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, Misogyny, and Death

bi_n_large's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

islam_sulieman's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

beca_reads's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I feel that younger me would of appreciated this. I wish I had read this a few years ago when I was first starting to explore feminist writing, It lays down the foundations and some nuance to the each topic that is explored. I would definitely recommend this book to people just starting out in reading feminist nonfiction as the writing is accessible, and explores a variety of topics from education to the music industry. 
 I went into this thinking it was going to be more statistical based but was more so Gay's personal journey with being a feminist while drawing on feminist research and global events To begin with I was not so sure on the writing style but  I think maybe some of the earlier essay's were just weaker than some of the later essay's in the book. I did really enjoy how Gay talked about literature and other forms of the media throughout the book, It's left me with lots of good recommendations to read or watch and added a critical lens to media I've already consumed.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Police brutality, Ableism, Body shaming, Racism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Lesbophobia, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Classism, Islamophobia, and Misogyny

anger566's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

There were some parts I had to skip past bc Gay was talking about books/media that I haven't seen so they weren't interesting to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

tdouty97's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

Gay's essay collection is a good reminder of the sorts of things one should care about as a feminist and an ally to marginalized groups. There were things I wanted from the book that it didn't necessarily give me, like a clearer through line and more memior-type writings, but that is not the book that she set out to write, so I can't blame her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, and Rape

mollywill's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, and Misogyny

charmainekim's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Sexism, Racism, Hate crime, Rape, and Misogyny