7/7/2023 0 Comments Roxane gay feminism![]() ![]() In her new essay collection Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay grapples with many of the same issues that challenge other women who grew up after second wave feminism-sex, love, and professional ambition-and she readily admits her weaknesses in each of these areas. ![]() Women may be writing their own fantasies now, but these are still fantasies of conventionality. The man is smart and self-contained, too profound to worry himself over social concerns the woman is flighty, insecure, and needy. The man initiates and enjoys sex the woman is sexually available and passive. ![]() The interesting-and troubling-thing about this supposed inversion is that the gender dynamic of the resulting happy couple is pretty much the same, no matter who’s writing the fantasy: the woman is melodramatic and led astray by her emotions the man is the moral compass who sets her straight. In a superficial sense, the fantasy is indeed a female take on an old comedic trope: the unappealing anti-hero winds up in the arms of a gorgeous, kind woman. These women are selfish, obnoxious, and slutty: and they still get the guy! Critics from Bitch magazine to the Guardian have applauded characters like Hannah, Lena Dunham’s character on Girls, and Annie of the film Bridesmaids for upending the traditional injunction that women must be likeable. The internet is excited about the rise of the bad girl. Hannah and Adam in Girls (via HBO / Facebook) ![]()
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