Roxane Gay: the bad femist manifto | Femism | The Guardian

Contents:

• ROXANE GAY: THE BAD FEMIST MANIFTO
• RHETORIL ANALYSIS OF ROXANE GAY’S “BAD FEMIST”
• ESSAY ON BAD FEMIST BY ROXANE GAY
• ROXANE GAY’S ‘BAD’ FEMISM

ROXANE GAY: THE BAD FEMIST MANIFTO

Roxane Gay.

Roxane Gay is the thor of the say llectn Bad Femist (Harper Perennial, 2014), the tle say of which appeared VQR; the novel An Untamed State (Black Cat, 2014); and Ayi (Artistilly Decled Prs, 2011). In her 2012 article “Bad Femist, ” published by VQR, Roxane Gay suggts that many of the tensns and negative nnotatns that acpany the term femism n be attributed to a damagg, socially-nstcted ncept emed sential femism.

Gay, an Amerin sayist and mentator, scrib sential femism as “the notn that there are right and wrong ways to be a femist, ” leavg those who do not live up to societal expectatns feelg unf or aquate to intify themselv as such (pg.

RHETORIL ANALYSIS OF ROXANE GAY’S “BAD FEMIST”

In her article, Gay nonts the rctive—not to mentn untertuive—nature of sential femism and the exclive stereotyp produc, while addrsg her own rervatns towards embracg femism self. One of the reasons Gay giv for ristg the notn of sential femism is s tenncy to overlook issu volvg race.

As a woman of lor, Gay criciz sential femism for not beg more receptive of racial difference (pg. Gay repeatedly sists that femism needs to bee more receptive and welg of all typ of women for to flourish and bee as powerful as tend.

While she nohels nsirs herself a femist, Roxane Gay nfs to numero actns and beliefs that directly vlate the chaste societal expectatns of femism.

ESSAY ON BAD FEMIST BY ROXANE GAY

Subscriber of Vogue, equent patron of mechanics, lover of drs, babi, and all thgs pk—Roxane Gay addrs her feelg of aquacy and unwillgns to sacrifice unique dividual terts and sense of self by proclaimg herself a “bad femist” (pg. In this manner, Gay embrac and intifi wh an alternative to sential femism that is clive. Commted to an tersectnal missn that is both clive and timate, Gay nclus that “bad femism seems like the only way I n embrace myself as a femist and be myself” (pg.

Gay, Roxane. Gay giv permissn to take up the sword of femism while layg down the shield of policed thenticy. As a rult, we plete this book both more powerful and more vulnerable, jt like Gay herself.

Wh prodig bravery and evisceratg humor, Roxane Gay tak on culture and polics Bad Femist—and gets right, time and time aga. There are wrers who n show you the excellence of their bras and wrers who show you the pths of their souls: I don’t know any wrer who do both at the same time as brilliantly as Roxane Gay. Bad Femist shows this extraordary wrer’s range— says about Scrabble, vlence, fairy tal, race, The Hunger Gam, longg, and Sweet Valley Confintial, Gay is alternately hilar, full of righteo anger, nfidg, movg: Bad Femist is like stayg up agreeg and argug wh the smartt person you ever met.

ROXANE GAY’S ‘BAD’ FEMISM

Praise Roxane Gay for her big-hearted self-examg telligence, for her clive and fivg stance, for her urage and termatn, for humanizg the theoretil and tellectualizg the mundane, for sayg out loud the thgs we were thkg, for guidg back to ourselv and returng to what was ours all along. Roxane Gay is so great at weavg the timate and personal wh what is most bewilrg and upsettg at this moment culture.

No, I don’t hate men” wr thor, Roxane Gay, om her say “Bad Femist”. Gay effectively appeals to her dience by g real life exampl of strong femists cg Elizabeth Wurtzel, displayg through words of what femists sire but tri to stay away om, and tablishg through personal experienc such as nstantly beg asked about her bad femism. In Gay’s article, she, like many women, fear beg labeled femist, or rather, fear the stereotype of the ant, man-hater.

Gay fds support for morn femism through genr, race, and sexualy.