Roxane Gay On “Bad Feminism,” Beyoncé, & Blogging
Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist, reads at Women & Children First Bookstore in Andersonvile.
What does it mean to be a “bad feminist”? Author Roxane Gay defines the term in the intro of her book of essays of the same title. She admits she may not be as up on feminist texts as she’d like and sometimes she finds herself singing along to pop music she knows is bad for women. But she also supports equal pay for equal work and a woman’s right to make decisions about her own health with unfettered access to health care. A “bad” feminist accepts that she or he cannot be a perfect ideal and example of feminism at all times.
