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“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?
A New York Times Bestseller
Best Book of the Year: NPR • Boston Globe • Newsweek • Time Out New York • Oprah.com • Miami Herald • Book Riot • Buzz Feed • Globe and Mail (Toronto) • The Root • Shelf Awareness
A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched cultural observers of her generation
In these funny and insightful essays, 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.
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, coming from one of our most interesting and important cultural critics.
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“Bahni Turpin crisply delivers this expansivecollection of essays. Author Gay covers an array of political, feminist, andculturally charged topics. Turpin sounds like she’s giving a well-informedspeech with the right inflections to emphasize specific points. Her tone isclear and deliberate, forcing one to focus on the content. As she recountspersonal stories and numerous critiques of films and books, she draws listenersin with a matter-of-fact tone. Both humorous and raw moments are delivered withsharp clarity. Whether the topic is Gay’s nemesis when playing in a Scrabblechampionship or deconstructing rape jokes, Turpin delivers with anassertiveness that will catch listeners’ attention.”
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“A strikingly fresh cultural critic.”
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“Gay’s essays are consistently smart and provocative…Her essay collection will give you dinner-party conversation through September.”
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“A trenchant collection…Whatever her topic, Gay’s provocative essays stand out for their bravery, wit, and emotional honesty.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“With prodigious bravery and eviscerating humor, Roxane Gay takes on culture and politics in Bad Feminist—and gets it right, time and time again. We should all be lucky enough to be such a bad feminist.”
— Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure and Bad Mother
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick for August 2014
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A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week, August 2014
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A New York Times Editor’s Choice
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About Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is a New York Times bestselling author of several books and story collections. Her writing has appeared in Time, Los Angeles Times, New York Times Book Review, Nation, Rumpus, Glamour, Salon, the Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy culture blog, Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, and many others. She is the coeditor of PANK and essays editor for the Rumpus.
About Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin, winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and several prestigious Audie Awards for her narrations, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. Publishers Weekly magazine named her Narrator of the Year for 2016. She is an ensemble member of the Cornerstone Theater Company in Los Angeles. She has guest starred in many television series, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, Cold Case, What about Brian, and The Comeback. Film credits include Brokedown Palace, Crossroads, and Daughters of the Dust. She is also a member of the recording cast of The Help, which won numerous awards.