Thursday, October 12, 2017

Ten top feminist texts

At the Guardian, Barbara Ellen tagged ten of the best feminist texts, including:
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (2014)

Already viewed as a classic of fourth-wave feminism, Gay’s book examines race, weight, sex, gender, violence and popular culture. She blends the observational with the devastatingly confessional (Gay’s gang rape; over-eating). Her deceptively low-key writing style doesn’t mask her core message: in a contradictory world, the modern feminist is more useful being expressive and engaged than being rigidly “observant”.
Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue