Bad Feminist in The Toast

Jul 09, 2014 Melanie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: feminism, non-fiction

Some of the essays in this book made me go, "Yaaaaaassss!" and fist pump, while others were more like, "Yeah, okay." I particularly enjoyed Gay's thoughts on feminism, which bracket the book. ...more

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Jul 07, 2014 bijal rated it really liked it

Only giving this 4 stars because I was really hoping for an essay on One Tree Hill. But really, this is 5 stars and Roxane Gay is a national treasure and I will read anything she writes.

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Sep 11, 2014 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Four stars for execution, six for how much some of the pieces resonated with me, averaging out to five. I will be talking this up a lot.

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Dec 26, 2014 Maggie rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2015

Did I enjoy it? Yes, I did. Collections of essays are always tough because inevitably there will be some that you hate and some that you love. This was no exception, and while I didn't love every single essay in the collection, I liked an awful lot of them, and they got me thinking about a lot of feminist issues from a different point of view.
Would I read it again? Some of the essays yes. The whole book from cover to cover, probably not.
Who would I recommend it to? I already recommended it to my ...more

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Jan 13, 2015 Heather rated it liked it

First of my 2016 nonfiction challenge books.

It's funny to me how fast pop-culturally focused essays can start to seem dated. This book was only published 18 months ago, and already some of the essays deal with things that feel hopelessly out of date. A lot of the essays are pretty shallow in conceit and lacking in focus as well. That's not to say I didn't connect or agree with plenty of what Gay had to say--I definitely did. But in many ways she's just one more voice in the chorus--she's not pa ...more

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