Not That Bad – Roxane Gay

Contents:

• ROXANE GAY’S NOT THAT BAD: DISPATCH OM RAPE CULTURE
• NOT THAT BAD BY ROXANE GAY
• BENEATH THE SURFACE OF EMPATHY: A REVIEW OF NOT THAT BAD, EDED BY ROXANE GAY

ROXANE GAY’S NOT THAT BAD: DISPATCH OM RAPE CULTURE

Gay’s troductn moved me to tears, as did many of the piec ntributed by hoehold nam—Gabrielle Unn, Ally Sheedy—but acunts om “regular” women moved me even more.

In Not That Bad the wrer and edor Roxane Gay llects says, almost all by survivors of rape, sexual asslt, or child abe. But readg the thors urageoly curated by Gay, I got the sense that the thors, more than beg spired by the current movement to nont sexual vlence, have wanted and need to craft the says for years.

NOT THAT BAD BY ROXANE GAY

Not That Bad: Dispatch om Rape Culture eded by Roxane Gay This llectn of says om every angle of morn Amerin rape culture should be required readg 2018. There are no easy answers here; each say, curated by Roxane Gay wh palpable re, clarifi the creepg ubiquy of the evil we’re only begng to addrs as a society.

I suppose what I am sayg here is that Roxane Gay’s Not That Bad is an important book, but ’s also one I wish didn’t have to exist. Gay not her troductn that she origally envisned Not That Bad as a seri of journalistilly reported says and featur, genue dispatch. Roxane Gay was back at aga 2018 wh her highly thought-provokg, telligent and valuable follow up to Bad Femist and Hunger, Not That Bad.

What Gay really do is provi a place for people to voice their experienc ee of shame and beltlement refully nstcted, first-person acunts of harassment, asslt, and rape.

BENEATH THE SURFACE OF EMPATHY: A REVIEW OF NOT THAT BAD, EDED BY ROXANE GAY

Pretty much everythg I would expect om a llectn put together by Roxane Gay. Many of the wrers, I noticed, have a very siar wrg style to Roxane Gay. Dcribed tail this circle of sexist viancy, a ltle slap, a quick grope, a short date rape, isn´t seen as that bad, she wanted , screamed for , was already a hsy before, is now greedy and wants money or to stroy the poor man´s or several men´s reputatn, serv some victim blamg and slut shamg afterward, n have a hate crime or honor killg as extra if she don´t shut up, is there to be ed and abed, should see as a pliment, is possibly gay and thereby not normal, enjoyed , …Of urse, there is also a differentiatn of which women to abe and harass.

Now, retrospect, I see more and more of the monsters I was ed to seeg the groups, all isms, racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, … any kd of prejudice agast any group possible, all that mak great to be a man. A wiki walk n be as rehg to the md as a walk through nature this pletely overrated real life outsi books: 0-social-cricism gay-roxanaAuthor 6 books13. Roxane Gay has built an anthology so strong, both subject matter and style, that I am feelg aquate talkg about .

I will try though, so bear wh me while I work through my as no surprise that Roxane Gay is my hero. Roxane Gay serv as edor of this powerful llectn which several wrers share their stori of date rape, appropriate touchg, child moltatn, and other stanc of vlence and harassment.

Roxane Gay says the troductn that she tend origally to llect personal acunts alongsi piec that were more on the rearch/journalism si, but end up wh so many pellg personal says that she changed the foc of the book.

?Introductn - Roxane Gay It was fortg, perhaps, to tell myself that what I went through “wasn’t that bad. I did feel the thors all had a vaguely siar style to Roxane Gay herself, so if you liked her other books, you might fd this one tertg as well.