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Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
4.0
This is my second of Gay's books and it was definitely an easier read that Hunger. Where Hunger was painful (though wonderful), this book was insightful and necessary. She's just so smart. Like you can know how intelligent someone is objectively, but to just keep experiencing it over and over in each essay it kind of hits you over the head. Like my god this woman is just brilliant.
Every essay was interesting and she covers a broad range of topics, some explicitly about feminist topics and others more indirectly related. They're often funny and all incredibly nuanced. The only thing I struggled with was that some of the essays are about specific media (she has one on Tyler Perry, one on Sweet Valley High, etc) and when the subject was unfamiliar to me, I really struggled. She discussed a few books I didn't know and I was entirely unable to follow her train of thought.
This is a must read for people interested in learning more about feminism, and in my opinion it's a really great place to start for beginners. I believe Roxane Gay is becoming an auto-read author for me.
Every essay was interesting and she covers a broad range of topics, some explicitly about feminist topics and others more indirectly related. They're often funny and all incredibly nuanced. The only thing I struggled with was that some of the essays are about specific media (she has one on Tyler Perry, one on Sweet Valley High, etc) and when the subject was unfamiliar to me, I really struggled. She discussed a few books I didn't know and I was entirely unable to follow her train of thought.
This is a must read for people interested in learning more about feminism, and in my opinion it's a really great place to start for beginners. I believe Roxane Gay is becoming an auto-read author for me.