Her book Bad Feminist is about all four of these labels she identifies with and so much more too. Roxane Gay is a black Haitian American woman. It is only now, in my 21st year on this planet,that I’ve finally started actively seeking them out. And I think it’s very important that I’m aware of that fact – that realisation that not many books are widely available about such topics.
Recently, I’ve delved into Asking For It and followed it up by plunging into some good ole proto-feminism with The Yellow Wallpaper and Sylvia Plath’s depressive, but utterly fantastic The Bell Jar. The past two months, in retrospect, have been submerged in deconstructions of the patriarchy, strong female voices and society’s issues surrounding reproductive rights and sexual violence. So, I just want to start this one by saying that yes, I am on a serious feminist kick right now and I’m not ashamed to admit that.
