![]() There were times when I, too, disavowed feminism, or said I was a feminist but it was never said with 100 percent certainty. She writes that she is ashamed of her ignorance and that she worried that “feminism wouldn’t allow me to be the mess of a woman I knew myself to be” (xii). In her introduction, she writes about how she used to disavow feminism. The moment I cracked open Roxane Gay’s “Bad Feminist,” I knew this book of essays was exactly what I needed to read. All of the books I’ve read have been enjoyable, but not necessarily what the universe ordered. ![]() Others had been on my radar and when they popped up, I didn’t hesitate to crack them open. Some of them I saw in my roommate’s collection of books, so they were added to my to-read pile. I either came across the title in one of the library branches or on the Chicago Public Library Overdrive. Many of the books I’ve read so far this year were chosen at random. That series was what I needed, and some days still do in a security blanket kind of way (read: it’s a part of my DNA at this point). I began reading the book shortly before my family moved to the Twin Cities in the middle of my grade school years. ![]() This happened to me with the Harry Potter series. The books you need to read the most present themselves to you when you are ready.
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