Bad Feminist (25 in 2025 #6)

Author: Roxane Gay

Title: Bad Feminist

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Date Published: 08/05/2014

Read Dates: 03/11/2025- 03/15/2025
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Bad Feminist is a collection of feminist essays by author Roxane Gay. In this collection she addresses Gender & Sexuality, Race & Entertainment, Politics Gender & Race, and her own life and views on feminism.

What a great, thought provoking collection! I thoroughly enjoyed each essay, as they addressed serious issues with wit and the respect they deserved. I’ll definitely be looking for more from Roxane Gay!

In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman of color while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years and commenting on the state of feminism today. 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.