Roxane Gay on being a 'Bad Feminist'

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2014

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Roxane Gay is the author of the fantastic book of essays 'Bad Feminist' and many of our favorite tweets. We discuss what it takes to keep fighting the good fight on social media when there is so much turmoil 24/7.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen wherever you get your podcast.
0:34.1	And you were texting at the time, correct?
0:36.4	How dare you, sir? I was tweeting. Please read Exhibit C. 915, four green lights in a row. Hashtag blessed.
0:46.8	I'm Greta Johnson. I'm Trisha Bobita. And from W. BeEZ in Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:55.1	Coming up, the author of Bad Feminist,
0:57.2	who we think is actually one of the very best feminists.
0:59.9	Roxanne Gay.
1:01.4	We talk about using social media for social justice,
1:04.0	her love of Scrabble.
1:05.0	You were ranked at one time, right?
1:06.6	I'm ranked still.
1:08.3	All that plus your nerd confessions.
1:10.1	Right here on Nerdette.
1:19.5	Roxanne Gay is the author of the book I'm most likely to give as a gift this year.
1:23.8	Bad Feminist is a book of essays.
1:25.8	I've been following her on Twitter and Tumblr for ages,
1:28.1	and this book is a perfect distillation of what makes her fantastic, brutal honesty, and very
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