Book of The Month: Bad Feminist By Roxane Gay

This collection of essays piqued my interest not only because Gay is quick-witted, but rather because she allows everyone to have inner strife, pose questions, and acknowledge that gender equality can be perplexing! As a black female, she forthrightly criticizes feminism in Bad Feminist for excluding certain demographic characteristics. 

Gay discusses her sense of self as a black woman in the first part. She also recognizes that she is fortunate in many aspects. She seems to be, for instance, a tenancy lecturer living in a small town. Gay tells stories after her first year of teaching and how she found community through productive Scrabble in this portion of the novel.

The second part regarding gender equal rights and sexual assault. Gay evaluates a variety of books, films, and tv programs written by, besides, or about women. Gay addresses issues of inequality in a range of circumstances. She also goes on to discuss how well the media industry correlates to rape culture by making violence against women in-jokes or by normalizing it entirely. To clamp down, she discusses how fantasy world ideologies require women to make inordinate ultimate sacrifices for their relationships, which could be risky if not done correctly.

Part five of the book is made up of two writings that explain Gay’s perspective on women’s rights in greater detail. She chooses to believe in the inequality of the sexes, but she also considers that feminist organisations must make room for a diverse range of people. Gay perceives herself as a “bad feminist” since she does not always agree with popular media feminists.