Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Content Tags: Essays

Description from Storygraph:
A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay.

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I ear-read this book over a very long stretch of time when doing various tasks and such. That combined with my memory being absolute trash means I don't remember all of the essays or the exact content of them. But I do recall most of the essays being really thought provoking. 

The narrator of the audiobook also narrated The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, so I definitely kept picturing Starr Carter as Roxane Gay. Bahni Turpin is an excellent narrator with such a memorable, powerful voice.


Book Reflection Wrap-up:
How did the book challenge or change your perspective or opinion on something?
One of the essays discussed content/trigger warnings and Roxane Gay doesn't agree with the necessity of using them. Her perspective was basically that you are responsible for your own triggers and anything could be a trigger. I don't really think my opinion was changed, but it was interesting to learn about the alternative perspective. Especially when a lot of trigger warnings, like much of society, tend to be more about protecting the feelings of delicate (white) people than anything else.

What were the main themes or messages of the book and how did they relate to the story?
As it says in the name, the main theme was feminism and how Roxane Gay feels like a "Bad Feminist." It was an interesting compilation of various perspectives she has on certain topics and how they all interconnect back to not meeting social expectations for what a Feminist should be.

Added to TBR: January 2022 
Removed from TBR: November 2023
Finished 11/06/2023

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