Bad Feminist: Essays

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Introduction. Feminism (n.): Plural -- Me. Feel me, see me, hear me, reach me Peculiar benefits Typical first year professor To scratch, claw or grope clumsily or frantically -- Gender & sexuality/ How to be friends with another woman Girls, girls, girls I once was Miss America Garish, glorious spectacles Not here to make friends How we all lose Reaching for catharsis : getting fat right (or wrong) and Diana Spechler's "Skinny" The smooth surfaces of idyll The careless language of sexual violence What we hunger for The illusion of safety/the safety of illusion The spectacle of broken men A tale of three coming out stories Beyond the measure of men Some jokes are funnier than others Dear young ladies who love Chris Brown so much they would let him beat them Blurred lines, indeed The trouble with Prince Charming, or He who trespassed against us -- Race & entertainment. The solace of preparing fried foods and other quaint remembrances from 1960s Mississippi : thoughts on "The help" Surviving "Django" Beyond the struggle narrative The morality of Tyler Perry The last day of a young black man When less is more -- Politics, gender & race. The politics of respectability When Twitter does what journalism cannot The alienable rights of women Holding out for a hero A tale of two profiles The racism we all carry Tragedy, call, compassion, response -- Back to me. Bad feminist : take one Bad feminist : take two