Bad feminist : take one Bad feminist : take two. The politics of respectability When Twitter does what journalism cannot The alienable rights of women Holding out for a hero A tale of two profiles The racism we all carry Tragedy, call, compassion, response I understand why women still fall over themselves to disavow feminism, to distance themselves. She says: The critical response to Lean In is not entirely misplaced, but it is emblematic of the dangers of public womanhood. The solace of preparing fried foods and other quaint remembrances from 1960s Mississippi : thoughts on 'The help' Surviving 'Django' Beyond the struggle narrative The morality of Tyler Perry The last day of a young black man When less is more In Bad Feminist: Take One, Gay returns to the concept of bad feminism, this time in reference to other public figures, including Sheryl Sandberg and her book Lean In (also a previous RWAC pick). R oxane Gay is the gift that keeps on giving. Gender & sexuality/ How to be friends with another woman Girls, girls, girls I once was Miss America Garish, glorious spectacles Not here to make friends How we all lose Reaching for catharsis : getting fat right (or wrong) and Diana Spechler's 'Skinny' The smooth surfaces of idyll The careless language of sexual violence What we hunger for The illusion of safety/the safety of illusion The spectacle of broken men A tale of three coming out stories Beyond the measure of men Some jokes are funnier than others Dear young ladies who love Chris Brown So much they would let him beat them Blurred lines, indeed The trouble with Prince Charming, or, He who trespassed against us.Bad Feminist explores being a feminist while loving things. Feel me, see me, hear me, reach me Peculiar benefits Typical first year professor To scratch, claw or grope clumsily or frantically Bad Feminist is a collection of essays by cultural critic, novelist, and professor Roxane Gay.

A bad feminist