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Bad Feminist - by Roxane Gay (Paperback)

Bad Feminist - by  Roxane Gay (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P>New York Times Bestseller<P>A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay.<P> Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color 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. <P>In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane 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.<P>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."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"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 <em>How Should a Person Be?</em></strong></p><p><strong>From the author of <em>Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, </em>the <em>New York Times</em> Bestseller, Best Book of the Year at NPR, the Boston Globe, Newsweek, and many more, an instant classic.</strong></p><p>A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay.</p><p>In these funny and insightful essays, Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (<em>Sweet Valley High</em>) of color (<em>The Help</em>) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (<em>Girls, Django in Chains</em>) 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.</p><p><em>Bad Feminist</em> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>One of our most indispensable writers . . . on everything that matters</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A prolific and exceptionally insightful writer. . . . <i>Bad Feminist</i> doesn't show us how Gay should be, but something much better: how Roxane Gay actually is. . . . Gay unquestionably succeeds at leading us in her way."--<i>Globe and Mail</i> (Toronto)<br><br>"I know there are still four and a half months left, but I'm calling it now: 2014 is the year of Roxane Gay. I just devoured her book, <i>Bad Feminist</i> . . . Amazing."--<i>Rookie</i><br><br>"Roxane Gay is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your sharpest critic. . . . She is by turns provocative, chilling, hilarious; she is also required reading."--<strong><em>Time Magazine</em></strong><br><br>"There has never been a book quite like <em>Bad Feminist</em>--a sometimes funny, sometimes serious pop-culture-literary-nonfiction-social-commentary hybrid written by a black woman in America."--<strong><em>The Root</em></strong><br><br>"Trailblazing."--<i>Salon</i><br><br>"With trenchant thoughts on <i>Sweet Valley High, The Help</i>, abortion, and Chris Brown, Gay isn't really a bad feminist, just an uncommonly entertaining one."--Vulture, 8 Books You Need to Read This August<br>

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