{"product_id":"bad-feminist-9780062282712","title":"Bad Feminist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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 \u003cem\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest Book of the Year: NPR - \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e - Oprah.com - \u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e - Book Riot - \u003cem\u003eBuzz Feed\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e (Toronto) - The Root - \u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched cultural observers of her generation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these funny and insightful essays, Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (\u003cem\u003eSweet Valley High\u003c\/em\u003e) of color (\u003cem\u003eThe Help\u003c\/em\u003e) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (\u003cem\u003eGirls, Django in Chains\u003c\/em\u003e) 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGay, Roxane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRoxane Gay is the author of the essay collection \u003cem\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller; the novel \u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003ea finalist for the Dayton Peace Prize; the memoir \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller and received a National Book Critics Circle citation; and the short story collections \u003cem\u003eDifficult Women \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAyiti\u003c\/em\u003e. A contributing opinion writer to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, she has also written for \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e. Her fiction has also been selected for \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2012\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2014\u003c\/em\u003e, and other anthologies. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eWorld of Wakanda \u003c\/em\u003efor Marvel. She lives in Lafayette, Indiana, and sometimes Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582754001170,"sku":"9780062282712","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e121a66-dcf1-4239-9455-26f00789bdcc.jpg?v=1732023272","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-feminist-9780062282712","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}