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Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on.
In this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence, and aggression they face, and where they are “routinely second-guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked, shamed, gaslit, insulted, bullied” for speaking out. Contributions include essays from established and up-and-coming writers, performers, and critics, including actors Ally Sheedy and Gabrielle Union and writers Amy Jo Burns, Lyz Lenz, and Claire Schwartz. Covering a wide range of topics and experiences, from an exploration of the rape epidemic embedded in the refugee crisis to first-person accounts of child molestation, this collection is often deeply personal and is always unflinchingly honest. Like Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, Not That Bad will resonate with every reader, saying “something in totality that we cannot say alone.”
Searing and heartbreakingly candid, this provocative collection both reflects the world we live in and offers a call to arms insisting that “not that bad” must no longer be good enough.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780062851468 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 05/01/2018 |
Pages: | 368 |
Sales rank: | 979,284 |
Product dimensions: | 9.00(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.40(d) |
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Table of Contents
Introduction Roxane Gay ix
Fragments Aubrey Hirsch 1
Slaughterhouse Island Jill Christman 15
& the Truth Is, I Have No Story Claire Schwartz 33
The Luckiest MILF in Brooklyn Lynn Melnick 49
Spectator: My Family, My Rapist, and Mourning Online Brandon Taylor 59
The Sun Emma Smith-Stevens 69
Sixty-Three Days AJ McKenna 79
Only the Lonely Lisa Mecham 89
What I Told Myself Vanessa Máartir 99
Stasis Ally Sheedy 105
The Ways We Are Taught to Be a Girl xTx 115
Floccinaucinihilipilification So Mayer 129
The Life Ruiner Nora Salem 143
All the Angry Women Lyz Lenz 155
Good Girls Amy Jo Burns 167
Utmost Resistance: Law and the Queer Woman or How I Sat in a Classroom and Listened to My Male Classmates Debate How to Define Force and Consent Y. L. Seek 177
Bodies Against Borders Michelle Chen 189
Wiping the Stain Clean Gabrielle Union 203
What We Didn't Say Liz Rosema 207
I Said Yes Anthony Frame 213
Knowing Better Samhita Mukhopadhyay 229
Not That Loud: Quiet Encounters with Rape Culture Miriam Zoila Pérez 235
Why I Stopped Zoë Medeiros 243
Picture Perfect Sharisse Tracey 253
To Get Out from Under It Stacey May Fowles 273
Reaping What Rape Culture Sows: Live from the Killing Fields of Growing Up Female in America Elisabeth Fairfield Stokes 289
Invisible Light Waves Meredith Talusan 301
Getting Home Nicole Boyce 307
Why I Didn't Say No Elissa Bassist 323
Contributors 341
Acknowledgments 349