— Overview
This reading stays with that self-naming, and they stop before a later recap of other figures.
— Contents and key concepts
A Haitian-American voice
Having read Bad Feminist, this reading begins, they found the feminism of Roxane Gay — a Haitian-American woman, or, they add, a Black woman — strong, attractive, interesting, and easy, perhaps even stylish. In the book she moves among personal experience, shows, films, and other people’s cases, and writes with a good deal of flavour.
A name she takes on
She names herself a bad feminist, they write, because she wants to live as a feminist without keeping every rule that feminism is said to set, and from politics to pop culture she sets out her own thoughts. She takes on that label, they add, in order to resist the pressure of the right and positive actions a feminist is supposed to take.
Not a book of truth, and where they stop
At the same time the book unfolded as intricately as other books of feminism. The overlap of racism and feminism was, for them, a little hard. She herself, they write, admits that the book is not a book of truth. Even so they would put it among the candidates for the best book they read that year, and they think highly of it for that reason.
This reading leaves the book there, before a later recap of other figures. The same Korean report, at fuller length, is on CampusDown.
Sources
- This reading, a student reading of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist that stays with a self-chosen name and a book she will not call the truth.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
How do this reading introduces the writer?
As a Haitian-American woman — or, they add, a Black woman — whose account of her own feminism felt strong, attractive, interesting, and easy, perhaps even stylish. In the book she moves among personal experience, shows, films, and other people’s cases.
What does she mean, as they read her, by a bad feminist?
She names herself a bad feminist because she wants to live as a feminist without keeping every rule that feminism is said to set. From politics to pop culture she sets out her own thoughts, and resists the pressure of the right and positive actions a feminist is supposed to take.
How do they judge the book, and where do they stop?
The overlap of racism and feminism was, for them, a little hard; she herself, they write, admits the book is not a book of truth. Even so they would put it among the best books they read that year. They stop before a later recap.
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