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2) In this article by Roxane Gay, she describes the idea of sisterhood in the context of feminism menacing. Sisterhood as it is in the article stands for, Good feminists who are “comporting themselves in sisterhood-approved ways.”(Gay) This definition sounds kind of scary in the sense that it almost sounds like a cult. People with the same beliefs, surrounded by people who enforce this belief. Feminism is not a cult, but as Gay describes the sister hood of “good” feminists, these people behave and live this same life style. The Sister-hood is described as an “and” way of thinking, this is because it is a group of people who have a certain way of thinking. It is not critical or creative thinking that the sister-hood is experiencing, because it is a group of thought rather than individual creative or critical thinking.

3) On the final page of her article Gay formulates her idea of bad feminism. This shows her individual beliefs on what feminism is, and her own thoughts of how she should act, not how society thinks she should act. When Gay describes herself a bad feminist she is saying that she is a bad feminist because she does not believe what society thinks feminists are. In actuality Gay is a “good” feminist in the way that she does not support essential feminism, and supports her own equality rights as she sees fit. The way that Gay describes her views sounds like a normal person who believes that there should be equality, and to say that she is a bad feminist is just to show a bigger distinction from essential feminists. When Gay addresses the stereotypes, she also ties in the thoughts of every teenager or any normal person, because everyone deals with this sometime in their life. Gay says that being a bad feminist is the only way she can embrace both “myself as a feminist and be myself.”(9)