The Body Politic
Roxane Gay and Firelei Báez: Unruly Bodies
GETTY CENTER
Harold M. Williams Auditorium
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Author and cultural critic Roxane Gay has garnered wide critical and popular acclaim for her insightful and witty observations on contemporary society. Her books include Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body and Bad Feminist, which NPR named one of the best books of the year for 2014. Earlier this year Gay brought together 25 writers in an online magazine, "Unruly Bodies," to expand on the conversation she started in Hunger. Artist Firelei Báez joins Roxane Gay to discuss the representation of bodies in art. Báez investigates identity through her visually striking paintings, collages, and drawings, which depict strong female protagonists.
