Some of her other chapters seemed disconnected as if they were put in the book because there was no other place for it. Similarly her discussion on how race is portrayed in major Hollywood motion pictures is accurately disturbing - showing how African Americans are used in plots as a way to prop up white protagonists (The Help, Django Unchained). She briefly mentions rape culture and how all of the above feeds into this notion. James' infamous BDSM novel Fifty Shades of Grey, as well as other popular novels such as Twilight. Her essays on the intersection of feminism with misogynistic pop culture was incredibly on point, exploring E.L. Roxane Gay is a gifted writer no doubt, but like a lot of her more prominent work, there are huge amounts of autobiographical information that didn't seem completely relevant. I mean, I don’t really know why they couldn’t have had Gay read it herself (like Cullors and Eddo-Lodge) WoC are underrepresented in the publishing industry as it is, so representation is SO important. I do think that the book is worth reading, but I would urge Audible to think seriously about its casting choices when putting together such audiobooks. There’s no doubt about the fact that the book itself is a mixed bag - some essays are brilliant, others less so, but there were times when I just got angry because the narrator made Gay’s narratorial voice sound sanctimonious and snobbish - and it was in these moments that I had to resist the urge to switch off, reminding myself that this was a WoC speaking (albeit a middle class one). I really feel that having WoC perform books written by WoC is important, and I think that Roxane Gay would feel the same about this. I’ve listened to a number of brilliant books written and performed by WoC on Audible and this was the first time that I felt that the tone was completely wrong. For a critical book of essays like this, tone is important