Yes, one can prefer pink even though cool girls are supposed to like black, love (or hate to love) Vogue even as it reinforces the beauty standard, and admit that Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" is catchy even as its lyrics degrade women. Perhaps, but it's in that very acknowledgment of her humanity and willingness to grapple with the contradictions of everyday life that Gay does arrive at all the right questions and offers many well-reasoned answers. I am not trying to say I have all the answers." In the introduction to "Bad Feminist," her expansive collection of new essays and previously published writings on race, politics, gender, feminism, privilege, pop culture and the media, Gay acknowledges that she doesn't have all the answers, "I am messy," she writes. 3A: "If you feel like it's hard to be friends with women, consider that maybe women aren't the problem. ![]() This myth is like heels and purses - pretty but designed to SLOW women down." This is No. At the top of her list: "Abandon the cultural myth that all female friendships must be bitchy, toxic, or competitive. ![]() If you want to be friends with another woman, Roxane Gay has some advice for you. By Roxane Gay (Harper Perennial 320 pages $15.99 paperback)
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