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Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

Finish date: January 28, 2015

Discussion: . Week 9: Female Author

Why we're reading this: Because the author is a woman.
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Aug 10, 2015 Jess rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2015-reading-challenge

I had avoided this book for a while due to the excess of NPR hype and marketing -- I assumed that it would be cheerfully packaged faux-feminism. But after hearing Gay interviewed, I gave the collection a shot, and found myself impressed by the combination of criticism and memoir, and the accessibility and flexibility that Gay imparts to the subjects of feminism, pop culture, the media, etc. Gay's feminism is just that - hers and uniquely her own - but I constantly found myself drawing parallels ...more

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May 19, 2015 Betty rated it really liked it

Shelves: nonfiction, 50-book-poc-challenge, 2015

Title: Bad Feminist
Author: Roxane Gay
Genre: Essays, popular culture, memoir
Setting: Mostly the US.
Reason for Reading: 50 book project book 48! Yeah baby yeah!
Relevance to the Project: This was a hard book to read but it was so rewarding. I love the way Gay talks about feminism, race, and popular culture.
Finished In: Some of the essays are very intense so it took months actually. I needed to take a lot of breaks in between.
Pages: 320
Copyright Date: 2014
Cover: Very spartan - a white cover, titl ...more

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Aug 05, 2014 Anna rated it liked it

Sure, I agree with a lot of what Roxane Gay has to say, but maybe that's the problem - it wasn't particularly thought-provoking. I feel like I argued a lot of the same arguments in the comment section on Jezebel three years ago. If I would have read this in college, I think it would have been hugely influential - 20 year old Anna hadn't quite thought through much of anything at all back then. Probably a perfect gift for a graduating student (in the best way!). Also, I really am not that invested ...more

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Oct 28, 2014 Rebecca rated it liked it

As with many essay collections I thought some were stronger than others. I did not care for the voice actor that did the audio book. Her voice (at times) was too strident and sarcastic for me. I felt that the words did not need that added layer and were strong enough to make the points with out the vocal punctuation.

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Jan 25, 2015 Melyssa rated it really liked it

This book is not for everyone, but this book was for me. My favorite part was the essay on Sweet Valley High and how our love of books is sometimes about more than the book itself. An interesting voice on many topics.

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