In “Opinions,” Gay recounts how young women are asking for guidance on how to apply their feminism without being considered angry, new graduates are asking how they can alter the seemingly hopeless conditions in their lives, and people are curious why there is so much animosity online. From Black lives to civil duties, from Donald Trump to Toni Morrison, Gay provides invaluable guidance in creating, expressing, and responding to opinions to address pressing social issues. Despite the fact that it has earned her “too many enemies” she continues to voice her opinions and provide a safe space for people to express their grievances against the existing order. In “Opinions,” Gay collects highlights of her commentary from the last decade - pieces that have been previously seen in publications including The New York Times and The Guardian, profiles of pop-culture celebrities such as Nicki Minaj, and excerpts from her advice column, “Work Friend.” “When you have opinions, particularly opinions that challenge the status quo, people are going to react,” Roxane Gay, the New York Times-bestselling author of “Bad Feminist,” writes in her new essay collection “Opinions.” ![]() ![]() This review contains discussions of sexual assault.
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