Bad Feminist

'Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink - all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue.'

In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of colour (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 sincere 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.

“A strikingly fresh cultural critic. - Washington PostRoxane 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.Gay is my favorrite current writer. - GuardianLet this be the year of Roxane Gay. - Time MagazineSmart readers cannot afford to miss these essays, which range from socially significant art (Girls, Django in Chains) and feminist issues (abortion) to politics (Chris Brown) and why Gay likes pink. - Library JournalAs BAD FEMINIST proves, Gay is a necessary and brave voice when it comes to figuring out all the crazy mixed messages in our mixed-up world. - FlavorwireI just read Roxane Gay's BAD FEMINIST in one plane ride. It's brilliant. I am deeply grateful for it. Please read this book. - Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love)”

A strikingly fresh cultural critic. -- Ron Charles Washington Post 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? Gay is my favorrite current writer. -- Jessica Valenti Guardian Let this be the year of Roxane Gay. Time Magazine Smart readers cannot afford to miss these essays, which range from socially significant art (Girls, Django in Chains) and feminist issues (abortion) to politics (Chris Brown) and why Gay likes pink. Library Journal As Bad Feminist proves, Gay is a necessary and brave voice when it comes to figuring out all the crazy mixed messages in our mixed-up world. -- '20 New Nonfiction Books That Will Make You Smarter' Flavorwire

Roxane Gay's writing has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, the New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Time, the Los Angeles Times, the Nation, the Rumpus, Salon, the Guardian, and many others. She is the co-editor of PANK and essays editor for the Rumpus. She teaches writing at Eastern Illinois University. Her novel, She is the author of three books: Ayiti, An Untamed State and Bad Feminist. She very much wants a tiny baby elephant.

'Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink - all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue , and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue.' In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman ( Sweet Valley High ) of colour ( 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 sincere 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.

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