Furthermore, racism in the United States and among producers creates constant obstacles for Black leads outside of slavery-related roles (Gay 194-5). The usual criterion is that, if women on the big screen decide not to follow patriarchal rules, they are portrayed as irrational, criminal, or non-heterosexual. The main conclusion of this thesis would be that representation matters, specifically for those minorities that have been pushed aside or made invisible for so long. Gay, as an author and a Black woman, clearly perceives a lack of representation in the media: she feels neglected. This situation is aggravated when it comes to race or sexual orientation. In particular, if I had to highlight one of the main ideas of her work, it would be that Black women feel abandoned by society and the media due to the poor representation of those who do not belong to established beauty standards. Especially Gay's thoughts on gender, sexuality and race in the eyes of mass media and culture will be discussed regarding different social issues in the US. My aim for this dissertation is to analyze how Roxane Gay bears the difficulties of being a feminist today by means of humor in her work Bad Feminist. If you have not read it yet I recommend you to enjoy it so you get a historical background on Black feminism and humor in the States. The first part is titled “African-American Feminism Meets Humor” and includes a theoretical background of Black feminist humor. This article is the second part of a research which is divided into two parts.
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