Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! In Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business, Roxane Gay (she/her), author of New York Times bestsellers Bad Feminist and Hunger, delivers an expertly curated collection of her opinion writing on a host of different topics from approximately 2013 toRead More
A Celebration of Unlikable Women: Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This is a fascinating collection of stories about messy, flawed people. This book definitely challenged me to think about how I “relate” to characters that are not meant to be particularly good people. Specifically, women who aren’t written as likable. The women in these stories aren’t broken down into simple saints andRead More
Meagan Kimberly reviews Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I posted a previous version of this review here. Trigger warnings for sexual assault and eating disorders. Roxane Gay is an author known for her sharp and insightful thoughts on feminism and pop culture, as well as an established novelist and short fiction creator. This memoir added toRead More
Danika reviews Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Hunger, as the subtitle states, a memoir of a body. It follows Roxane Gay’s journey with her body, from when she was a kid to her present day, and how the trauma in her life has played out over her body. This is dark, sometimes brutal book. It talks frankly about her rape as aRead More