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Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

Start date: December 1, 2016

Finish date: December 31, 2016

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Nov 08, 2016 Avid Reader and Geek Girl rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: auto-bio-or-bio

I really liked this book. Sad but funny, great insight into feminist issues.

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Dec 31, 2016 Amirography rated it liked it

Shelves: philosophy

Didn't like it. It was full of essays that just kept on going which I found mostly unrelated to feminism. ...more

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Dec 15, 2016 Mary rated it liked it

Shelves: non-fiction

Some of these essays were thoughtful. And meaningful. And some were about Twilight and 50 Shades and reality TV.

I am glad I read the book.

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Dec 17, 2016 Heather rated it liked it

Shelves: dnf-list

I wanted to like this, I really did but I just could not get through it past the third 'chapter' I appreciate what the author was trying to do, but it's just not the book for me.
That being said, I really enjoyed the first introduction to the book, I was all pumped up from that, I like how she presented her viewpoint and how it related to changing social norms and expectations. But it just didn't keep my interest, which is probably a lot of my fault, since most of my reading is for an escape, no ...more

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Jun 03, 2016 Sabrina Hall rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lit-theory-and-criticism, bookriot-recs, audiobooks, non-fiction, funny, essays-and-memoir, feminism

I could not put this book down. Gay's writing is so smart and honest, by turns hilarious and devastating, in discussing her experiences with intersectional feminism, criticism of popular media, and assessment and exploration of the current sociopolitical climate. This book was both affirming, and also sometimes uncomfortable and challenging, and so much more than I was expecting it to be, I was so sad to finish it. If anyone else has any recommendations for another smart, engaging, and accessibl ...more

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