內容簡介
有那麼嚴重嗎：性暴力文化快訊
Vogue、Elle、Huffington Post……眾多媒體評選2018年最期待的作品
紐約時報暢銷作家、女權主義者羅珊‧蓋伊繼《不良女性主義的告白》以自身經驗訴說女性在生活中所面臨的種種歧視，本書集結眾多已發表過的文章，再次代替女性向社會發聲。
在這本價值非凡的文集中，文章來自各領域的女性代表人物，包括演員Ally Sheedy、Gabrielle Union，作家Amy Jo Burns、Claire Schwartz等，主題涵括被強暴、孩童時期被猥褻的經驗。
書中的故事許多都是作家們的親身經歷，直接、真實地訴說她們的感受，其中演員Gabrielle Union曾說「雖然我被強暴了，曾有『女性』朋友問我，當時我穿什麼衣服？」這些經歷控訴現在社會對於女性出面為自己發聲，經常會有懷疑、霸凌、嘲笑、羞辱、污辱等反應出現。
本書特別加入蓋伊的序言，她勇敢面對這些負面聲浪，帶著更多女性出面反擊，這本書即是以眾人力量，說出一個人無法達到的力道，每一則文章赤裸裸的誠實，將會讓每一位讀者都有所感觸。
Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on.
“Roxane Gay is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your sharpest critic. . . . she is also required reading.”—People
In this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence, and aggression they face, and where they are “routinely second-guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked, shamed, gaslit, insulted, bullied” for speaking out. Contributions include essays from established and up-and-coming writers, performers, and critics, including actors Ally Sheedy and Gabrielle Union and writers Amy Jo Burns, Lyz Lenz, Claire Schwartz, and Bob Shacochis. Covering a wide range of topics and experiences, from an exploration of the rape epidemic embedded in the refugee crisis to first-person accounts of child molestation, this collection is often deeply personal and is always unflinchingly honest. Like Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, Not That Bad will resonate with every reader, saying “something in totality that we cannot say alone.”
Searing and heartbreakingly candid, this provocative collection both reflects the world we live in and offers a call to arms insisting that “not that bad” must no longer be good enough.
