MJ: Tell me about your novel, An Untamed State. Roxane Gay: Yes, I am! It’s a good problem to have, but it’s a lot more time-consuming than I ever imagined. Mother Jones: With two books coming out just three months apart, you must be going insane. I caught up with Gay a few weeks after the release of her latest novel, An Untamed State, as she prepped for back-to-back summer book tours, to discuss her survival tactics for social awkwardness, her Scrabble obsession, and why she never shows her writing to her parents. “I am messy.” And capital-F feminism could do with a little more messiness. It’s a mix of the somber and the hilarious Gay aptly quotes both Judith Butler and the Ying Yang Twins. Most of the writings in this collection have been published at various outlets, including at The Rumpus, where Gay is essays editor.īad Feminist reads like an autobiography, segueing from elements of Gay’s life-her Nebraska upbringing, her Haitian-American family, her cooking-into smart critiques of everything from reproductive rights to the Sweet Valley High and Twilight books. Gay-literature professor, novelist, prolific Twitterer, and blogger who imparts life wisdom couched in cooking advice-is best known for her deeply personal essays about everything from politics to pop culture. “When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume, even though the lyrics are degrading to women and offend me to my core,” she writes. Bad Feminist 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.In her new essay collection, Bad Feminist, out August 5, author Roxane Gay wrestles with this conundrum. 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. I once live-tweeted the September issue." In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of color (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (Girls, Django in Chains) and commenting on the state of feminism today (abortion, Chris Brown). I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way.
If I have an accessory, it is probably pink.
I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink, all shades of pink. Abstract:"A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay.
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