“Most of the time, I feel like the kid who gets to sit at the adult table for the first time at Thanksgiving. I'm not sure which fork to use. My feet can't reach the floor.” Growing UpFeministRoxane GayBad Feminist Book:Bad Feminist Source: Bad Feminist
“One of my biggest weaknesses, one that has always shamed me, is that I have always been lonely. I've struggled to make friends because I can be socially awkward, because I'm weird, because I live in my head.” FeminismLonelinessLonelyFeministAwkwardRoxane GayBad Feminist Book:Bad Feminist Source: Bad Feminist
“I resisted feminism in my late teens and my twenties because i worried that feminism wouldn't allow me to be the mess of a woman i knew myself to be. But then i began to learn more about feminism. i learnt to separate feminism from Feminism or Feminists or the idea of an Essential Feminism - one true feminism to dominate all of womankind.” FeminismFeministFeminist QuotesFeminist AuthorsFeminist LiteratureRoxane GayFeminist BooksBad Feminist Book:Bad Feminist Source: Bad Feminist
“I was called a feminist, and what I heard was, 'You are an angry, sex-hating, man-hating victim lady person.' This caricature is how feminists have been warped by the people who fear feminism most, the same people who have the most to lose when feminism succeeds.” PeopleMenPersonsHas BeensHateSexLosesHeardFeminismSucceedVictimAngryFeministCaricaturesMan Hating Book:Bad Feminist: Essays Source: Bad Feminist: Essays
“I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.” ThinkingTryingHumansFeministGood Woman Author:Roxane Gay
“Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is still my responsibility to fight for her rights. I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn't make certain choices for ourselves. I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality and freedom should look like.” IfsKnowsWorldWantShouldBelieveLooksDoeStillsStatesCertainChoicesCultureFightingI BelieveUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRightsFeminismPositionDeserveFeministGroundedOther Cultures Book:Bad Feminist: Essays Source: Bad Feminist: Essays
“I love romantic comedies. I know how terrible they are, but I love them! And I don't think that makes me less of a feminist.” ThinkingKnowsKnow HowComedyTerribleFeministRomantic Love Author:Roxane Gay
“Maybe I'm a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions about misogyny, institutional sexism that consistently places women at a disadvantage, the inequity in pay, the cult of beauty and thinness, the repeated attacks on reproductive freedom, violence against women, and on and on. I am as committed to fighting fiercely for equality as I am committed to disrupting the notion that there is an essential feminism.” ImportantFightingStrongInspiringPayOpinionIssuesViolenceFeminismMovementEssentialsNotionCommittedFeministSexismConsistentlyMisogynyCultDisadvantagesViolence Against WomenFeminist MovementStrong OpinionsThinness Author:Roxane Gay
“We don't all have to believe in the same feminism. Feminism can be pluralistic so long as we respect the different feminisms we carry with us, so long as we give enough of a damn to try to minimize the fractures among us. Feminism will better succeed with collective effort, but feminist success can also rise out of personal conduct.” GivingTryingBelieveLongDifferentEnoughWomenEffortFeminismSucceedFeministDamnCollectivesFractureCollective Effort Author:Roxane Gay
