Roxane Gay On Writing, Trashy TV And Channing Tatum

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Author Roxane Gay talks about writing her most recent book, a collection of short stories called Difficult Women, and why Beyoncé, Law and Order SVU and Channing Tatum’s neck are mentioned in the book’s acknowledgements.

Then, “reformed librarian” Kelly Jensen on why feminism isn’t always fun — but should be accessible — and how her new book is helping girls (and boys!) everywhere.

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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,
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0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
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0:34.9	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:35.8	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:36.9	And I'm Trisha Bobita.
0:38.5	Today, Greta talks to two badass feminist writers we love. Roxanne Gay and Kelly Jensen. I'm a little jealous. I know. Yeah. Well,
0:45.1	we missed you. We missed you. I was on a journey. You want to tell us about it or you just want to
0:50.6	be able to. I mean, it was a meeting. Journey made it sound more exciting. Did you go to Mordor?
0:55.7	Did you find the ring?
0:57.7	I mean, I was in D.C., so I kind of wasn't Mordor.
0:59.7	We missed you, Trisha.
1:00.5	Thank you.
1:02.0	Up first is Roxanne.
1:04.1	You may have read her essay collection, Bad Feminist.
1:07.1	You may even remember we talked to her about bad feminist. It feels like 17 years ago, it was approximately two years ago. Anyway, Roxanne also
1:12.4	has a novel called Untamed State, and we talked to her about her latest book, which is a collection
1:17.0	of short stories, and it's called Difficult Women. Roxanne writes everything from fiction
1:21.5	to essays, op-eds for the New York Times, to mystery short stories. She really does everything.
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