Not That Bad Dispatches from Rape Culture

"The lauded social critic and provocateur curates a diverse and unvarnished collection of personal essays reckoning with the experiences and systemic dysfunction that produced #MeToo." - O, the Oprah Magazine

"It's hard to imagine a more fitting editor for a collection like this... everyone should read it." - Brooklyn Rail

"Critical reading."

"From the author of Bad Feminist and Hunger (drop everything if you haven't read this) comes a collection of first-person essays about rape, assault and sexual harassment. It couldn't be more timely. Gay's introduction moved me to tears, as did many of the pieces contributed by household names-Gabrielle Union, Ally Sheedy-but accounts from "regular" women moved me even more. Perhaps that's the lesson we're meant to take away from Not that Bad: we're all "regular." Shocking as they are, many of these stories will be familiar to us all-and we all deserve better." - Glamour

"From the author of Bad Feminist and Hunger (drop everything if you haven't read this) comes a collection of first-person essays about rape, assault and sexual harassment. It couldn't be more timely. Gay's introduction moved me to tears, as did many of the pieces contributed by household names-Gabrielle Union, Ally Sheedy-but accounts from "regular" women moved me even more. Perhaps that's the lesson we're meant to take away from Not that Bad: we're all "regular." Shocking as they are, many of these stories will be familiar to us all-and we all deserve better." - Elisabeth Egan, "The 17 Best Books to Read this Summer," Glamour

"Timely. . . . It is a critical work that makes this much clear: The violations #MeToo rages against can and do damage people for a lifetime." - The Globe and Mail

"A profoundly personal anthology." - Harper's Bazaar

"This is a devastating book, heartbreaking in how familiar and relatable each story is-yet there's power and solidarity in it, too." - Shondaland

"Not That Bad is essential reading." - Refinery29

"A timely, necessary anthology." - PureWow