“We need to stop playing Privilege or Oppression Olympics because we'll never get anywhere until we find more effective ways of talking through difference. We should be able to say, “This is my truth,” and have that truth stand without a hundred clamoring voices shouting, giving the impression that multiple truths cannot coexist.” WayNeedsGivingShouldAbleVoiceDifferencesTalkingHundredPrivilegeImpressionOppressionMultipleOlympicsShoutingCoexistMy TruthWay Of Talking 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 play on my phone in public quite a lot. I pretend that I'm getting a very important message that I must attend to immediately. You will often see me in the middle of a huge crowd just staring intently at my phone because I just don't even know how I should interact with other humans.” KnowsShouldHumansImportantPlayKnow HowMiddleHugeMessagesPhonesCrowdsStaring Author:Roxane Gay
“Feminism has neglected the needs of woman of color and people of color in general. But I don't think it means that we should overlook feminism as having nothing valuable to contribute.” PeopleThinkingNeedsShouldMeanFeminismColorValuableNeglected Author:Roxane Gay
“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.” KnowsWorldShouldBelieveLooksStatesCultureI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesPositionDeserveOther Cultures Book:Bad Feminist: Essays Source: Bad Feminist: Essays
“Feminism's failings do not mean we should eschew feminism entirely. People do terrible things all the time, but we don't regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things. We should disavow the failures of feminism without disavowing its many successes and how far we have come.” PeopleShouldMeanHumanityFailingFeminismTerribleTerrible Things Book:Bad Feminist: Essays Source: Bad Feminist: Essays
“The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.” IfsShouldFineNotionAffectedStatus Quo Book:Bad Feminist: Essays Source: Bad Feminist: Essays
