“The other day, I saw a blog post where a woman wrote about why she was unfollowing me and that made me feel incredibly self-conscious and embarrassed about my tweets. I also feel more exposed now that I've become a more visible writer but then I try to get over all that and just use Twitter the way I want.” WayWantFeelsTryingMadeSelfUseSawsConsciousPostsVisibleExposedEmbarrassedGet OverBlogsSelf ConsciousTweet Author:Roxane Gay
“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
“I wrote myself back together. I wrote myself toward a stronger version of myself . . . Through writing and feminism, I also found that if I was a little bit brave, another woman might hear me and see me and recognize that none of us are the nothing the world tries to tell us we are.” IfsWorldWritingTryingLittlesMightTogetherFoundBitsFeminismLittle BitStrongerBraveVersionsBack TogetherAnother Woman Author:Roxane Gay
“I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.” TryingI CanPleasePressure Author:Roxane Gay
“What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question.” TryingAnswersConnectedGet Away Author:Roxane Gay
“My dream was to write a book and see it published. I didn't dare imagine anything beyond that, so, I'm trying to keep my head on my shoulders.” WritingTryingBookDreamImagineDareShoulders Author:Roxane Gay
“I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition.” TryingHardMomentsAmbitionDespiteMy AmbitionFerocity Author:Roxane Gay
“I look at my older writing to see where my weaknesses are and then I try to address those weaknesses and make new mistakes.” WritingTryingLooksMistakeWeaknessAddresses Author:Roxane Gay
“I think hunger is a natural state of being for most people. I mean, hunger is a desire - and you don't only have physical hunger, you have emotional hunger. A lot of my hungers are, in fact, emotional. I think a lot of fat people's hungers are emotional. There are things we very much want, and it can be so difficult to satisfy those hungers. Yet we try. We try so hard.” PeopleThinkingTryingMeanDesireDifficultNaturalEmotionalHunger Author:Roxane Gay
“I am human. I am messy. I'm not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I'm right. I am just trying - trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.” WorldWritingTryingBelieveHumansI BelieveAnswersPerfectInspiringSupportExampleThis WorldI Believe InNoiseMessyBeing MyselfTrying To Be Perfect 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
