I enjoyed her first few and last few chapters more so than the middle. The word feminism has a wide range of standards, and she knows that she can't live up to all of them. The book also contains some of her personal history as way to show that she isn't the feminits police. Her book is an ode to being human, not in a flawed way, but in a realistic way. She uses a feminist perspective to expand our thoughts on what should and shouldn't be acceptable in popular culture and some ways we could improve.
Everything from the lack of Black people in HBO's Girls (set in the multicultural haven that is NYC) to Tyler Perry's morality in his movies. Gay's book contains her critique of current television shows, movies, and book reviews. Bad Feminist has been collecting dust on my shelf for a while and why not continue on this feminist train I started with Adichie? One aspect of Black & Bookish is to get out of my comfort zone so I chose a book outside of my normal genre that I thought I would enjoy. I can't remember the last time I read a collection of essays outside of a homework assignment.
