“I step away as I notice a group of young, angry men walking toward us. I doubt that there is any particular reason for their anger. It is the anger that most men feel these days; they are angry about their impotence and their desires and their reality. It is an anger we all feel. But it is an anger only men can freely express.” MenAnger Book:Ayiti Source: Ayiti
“I very much like men. They're interesting to me, and I mostly wish they would be better about how they treat women so I wouldn't have to call them out so often.” MenFeminism Book:Bad Feminist Source: Bad Feminist
“This is where we should start focusing this conversation: how men (as readers, critics, and editors) can start to bear the responsibility for becoming better, broader readers.” MenReadingFeminismEqualityReaders Book:Bad Feminist Source: Bad Feminist
“Despite what people think based on my opinion writing, I very much like men. They're interesting to me, and I mostly wish they would be better about how they treat women so I wouldn't have to call them out so often.” MenWomenFeminismWomen And Men 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
“No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them are terrible, and most of them make the lives of the women they love much harder than need be. Why? Because that's the kind of storytelling I was drawn to when I wrote these stories, most of which are at least seven years or more old.” MenNeedsYearsWellsKindStoriesOne ThingHe ManTerribleHarderSevenStorytellingSeven Years Author:Roxane Gay
“My fiction is a very accurate reflection of the world we live in. Certainly, in some stories, that reflection is amplified but America elected a man who enjoys grabbing women by their pussies.” MenWorldStoriesAmericaEnjoyFictionReflectionAccuratePussyGrabbing Author:Roxane Gay
“I would like to believe that most people, regardless of gender, are good and kind. The good men in my stories are the rule. It's the bad men that are the exception and because I tend toward the dark in my fiction, you see more of the exception than the rule.” PeopleMenBelieveKindDarkGenderExceptionGood Man Author:Roxane Gay
