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Bad Feminist: Essays
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“Feminists are just women who don’t want to be treated like shit�
Well, Roxane Gay and I both have a favorite quote in common now and I'll also be calling myself a bad feminist because "I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all."
I went into this book not knowing much about the author. I feel in love with her just with the intro. I didn’t really connect with some of the stories (especially the first third) but things picked up towards the middle of this book and laughed out loud during the bits about Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Overall I think it was hard to connect with some of the essays simply because I hadn’t read the books or watch the movies that were mentioned.
Well, Roxane Gay and I both have a favorite quote in common now and I'll also be calling myself a bad feminist because "I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all."
I went into this book not knowing much about the author. I feel in love with her just with the intro. I didn’t really connect with some of the stories (especially the first third) but things picked up towards the middle of this book and laughed out loud during the bits about Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Overall I think it was hard to connect with some of the essays simply because I hadn’t read the books or watch the movies that were mentioned.
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Quotes Emily Liked
“I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I’m not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I’m right. I am just trying—trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
“It's hard not to feel humorless, as a woman and a feminist, to recognize misogyny in so many forms, some great and some small, and know you're not imagining things. It's hard to be told to lighten up because if you lighten up any more, you're going to float the fuck away. The problem is not that one of these things is happening; it's that they are all happening, concurrently and constantly.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
Reading Progress
March 12, 2018
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March 12, 2018
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March 22, 2018
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Mar 22, 2018 07:18PM
She’s such a badass!
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I'm so glad you liked it! Roxanne Gay is one of my favorite feminist writers. I think she has such a healthy approach to feminism, essentially how she acknowledges the difficulties of navigating feminism in the modern society, and says it's okay to make mistakes or be a 'bad feminist' as long as you try to do your best.
Sanchari16 wrote: "you haven't rated it"It's on purpose, I don't feel it would be fair to rate it lower than it deserves just because I didn't read the books or watch the movies/tv shows referenced in the book!
You should read Hunger. It's also amazing and arguably better.
