When I was in high school, one of my favorite blogs was Sarah Bunting’s Tomato Nation. I read it obsessively, along with most of the other content on DamnHellAssKings, which sadly doesn’t seem to exist any longer. Bunting published an essay at one point called Yes, You Are, and I distinctly remember printing it out and bringing it to school to show this obnoxious boy in my science class (I was a lot of fun in high school). Yes, You Are listed the dictionary definition of feminism, […]
Just go read the damn book.
I just can’t say anything bad about Roxane Gay. I love The Butter (and The Toast), and I adored every essay in Bad Feminist. Reading Bad Feminist was like hanging out in my bedroom with my high school best friend. I felt warm, and safe, and happy all the way through. Gay writes from the heart and she isn’t afraid to look carefully at herself and admit some shit is hard for her to do. She’s honest and funny. And that’s it. That’s all you need […]
Awesome Feminist
I’ve heard many people reference this collection of essays, to the point where I sought out the author’s twitter feed so I could get a feel myself about what her writing was about. After having enjoyed her (often random) tweets for a while now, I finally picked up her book. Well, I downloaded it. And now I’m mostly just mad that it took me this long. I really should have just read it the second I heard about it. Ms. Gay writes about many different […]
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