A review by gabrielle_erin
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

4.0

"I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all." I have a tough time reflecting on non-fiction as whilst I enjoy reading it, it's a completely different experience than compared to consuming fiction. It's more about the process of broadening my understandings of a topic than enjoying content, plot and characters. This book taught me a lot. It's sat on my shelf for a while and I'm glad it did because I think now was the perfect time for me to read it. I really connected with Gay's discussion of essentialist feminism and women's literature. There were some essays I found to be a bit bland but overall, her perspective on the state of things is still very relevant and very thought provoking. This is definitely a collection I will come back to as the years go on.