The short pieces, covering everything from Tyler Perry to rape culture to Gay’s childhood to body image to police violence to (of course) Orange is the New Black, are smart, sassy, and poetic. Roxane Gay makes a variety of amazing points in her newly published book, Bad Feminist, not one of which makes me think she’s “doing it wrong.” (There were times where I bristled at her apprehension to embrace “professional feminism,” seeing as that’s my entire life, but I knew in my heart that Roxane Gay and I could definitely be seated next to each other at a feminist brunch and get along.) We have a lot in common. You probably will, too.īa d Feminist is a collection of essays, both previously unreleased and formerly published on the web, that take on race, gender, politics, and sexuality with a calming sensibility and a cuttingly refreshing perspective rooted in personal experience and significant research. If I am, indeed, a feminist, I am a rather bad one.” To freely accept the feminist label would not be fair to good feminists. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.