But it gave the words to everything that I have been thinking about for the past couple of years as far as women’s issues are concerned. The book did not offer me much as far as original ideas were concerned. But the underlying theme of all the essays is women’s issues. Gay touches upon diverse topics such as racism, her college life as a student and professor, Scrabble and well, feminism.
![roxane gay pass over broadway beloved roxane gay pass over broadway beloved](https://www.compellingcopy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Roxane-Gay-feminist-quote.jpg)
In the book, Gay successfully interweaves personal experiences with critical viewpoints to present an eloquent rhetoric. Yesterday I finished Roxane Gay’s most recent book, Bad Feminist. I guess it was the night I became a feminist. It changed the way I started looking at the world. That night was a momentous event in my life. And I still had no idea sexual harassment/abuse was so pervasive, so all around me. These were girls raised in normal circumstances and protective environments, and in the space that I cohabited. Actually, almost all of them had multiple stories. We were talking all through the night and there wasn’t a single girl who didn’t have a story to tell. It was dark, the train was moving at a steady pace and the girls were surprisingly candid that night probably because the group had developed a feeling of warmth and cosiness towards each other and there was an unspoken assurance of secrecy. Somehow the discussion shifted from ghost stories to stories of sexual harassment. There were 8-10 girls and just one other boy besides me in the group.
![roxane gay pass over broadway beloved roxane gay pass over broadway beloved](https://media.timeout.com/images/102912087/750/562/image.jpg)
At night a few of us had gathered in a coach to share ghost stories.