-by roxane gay
2014
My only complaint with this book is that for a while, it feels like false advertising. Big chunks of the middle section aren't about feminism really, just pop culture critiques. But relax, and embrace the fact that the piece is a collection of essays written as standalones...and eventually it all comes around to feminism (or maybe feminism/race). And all that is actually a nice parallel for roxane's problem with feminism - what IS it ? As soon as you try to capture "essential feminism", you're stumbling over your own feet. So instead of taking territorial poses, let's all just be ourselves and keep on striving for common ground. Pretty good message, and pretty great essays. Thank you, roxane.
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