Not that bad roxane gay
Not That Bad
Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times best-selling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays read by all 30 contributors, including Gabrielle Union, Ally Sheedy and Lyz Lenz, tackles rape, assault and harassment head-on.
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Highlighting the stories of well-known actors, writers and experts, as well as new voices being published for the first time, Not That Bad covers a spacious range of topics and experiences, from an exploration of the rape epidemic embedded in the refugee crisis to first-person accounts of child molestation and street harrassment.
Often deeply personal and always unflinchingly honest, this provocative collection
I did not know this book existed, even though I’d read Roxane Gay’s memoir, Hunger, earlier this year and liked it enough to look up more of her works. The first time I saw anything posted about Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture, a collection of essays edited by Roxane Gay, I knew it was a book I had to read. I ordered it the same day I first heard of it. I started reading it the day it arrived in my mailbox. I had to continually pause my other books to read more of this one, which I had not planned to scan but couldn’t quit.
About the book: Gay brings together thirty authors– from diverse races, genders, and backgrounds– who reflect on the ways they have personally been affected by rape culture. The essays vary widely, but are all tied together by dissatisfaction with rape culture in all its various forms– the ways it is dismissed, allowed, and perpetualized by men, authority figures, media, or others. The pieces themselves utilize several different forms, including drawings, lists, footnotes, fragments, poems, and more. Some essays talk about rape directly; others cover different violations, harrassments, and fears relating to
Not That Bad: Dispatches from rape culture
Roxane Gay
Allen & Unwin, 11 jul 2018 - 368 pagina's
Searing and heartbreakingly candid, this provocative collection both reflects the world we live in and offers a dial to arms insisting that "not that bad" must no longer be fine enough.
In this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women hold to measure the harassment, violence, and aggression they face, and where they are "routinely second-guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked, shamed, gaslit, insulted, bullied" for speaking out.
Contributions involve essays from established and up-and-coming writers, performers, and critics, including actors Ally Sheedy and Gabrielle Union and writers Amy Jo Burns, Lyz Lenz, Claire Schwartz, and Bob Shacochis. Covering a wide range of topics and experiences, from an exploration of the rape epidemic embedded in the refugee crisis to first-person accounts of child molestation, this collection is often deeply persona
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From the author of Terrible Feminist and Hunger (drop everything if you haven’t read this) comes a collection of first-person essays about rape, assault and sexual harassment. It couldn’t be more timely. Gay’s introduction moved me to tears, as did many of the pieces contributed by household names—Gabrielle Union, Ally Sheedy—but accounts from “regular” women moved me even more. Perhaps that’s the lesson we’re meant to take away from Not that Bad: we’re all “regular.” Shocking as they are, many of these stories will be familiar to us all—and we all deserve better.
Elisabeth Egan, “The 17 Leading Books to Read this Summer,” Glamour
In Not That Bad the writer and editor Roxane Gay collects essays, almost all by survivors of rape, sexual assault, or child maltreatment. (A note on language: I use the legal title “victim” in the context of the criminal justice system, and “survivor” – in accordance with guide from organizations such as the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network – for those who include gone through the recovery process, or when discussing the effects of sexual violence.) The dive
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