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"Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there." -- Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?

A New York Times Bestseller

Best Book of the Year: NPR - Boston Globe - Newsweek - Time Out New York - Oprah.com - Miami Herald - Book Riot - Buzz Feed - Globe and Mail (Toronto) - The Root - Shelf Awareness

A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched cultural observers of her generation

In these funny and insightful essays, Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of color (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (Girls, Django in Chains) and commenting on the state of feminism today (abortion, Chris Brown). The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture.

Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better, coming from one of our most interesting and important cultural critics.

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Customer Reviews

15 customer ratings | 2 reviews

Rated 5 stars
Beautifully and intelligently written

This is the first book by Roxane that I've read and it certainly won't be the last. Roxane shares her viewpoints in such a way that remains objectives, acknowledges her biases, and is eloquently written while drawing attention to the many issues that impact women today.

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Rated 5 stars
Outstanding

This is easily my favorite book of the last 2 years. I couldn't put it down. Full of wit and a stunning sharpness of mind, Roxane Gay's perception of living as a woman in, still, a man's world, is agonizing and wonderful.

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