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Roxane Gay is an American writer born in 1974. Her works include novels, non-fiction, short stories, and essays. Her notable works are 'Bad Feminist' and 'Hunger'. Her writing style is characterized by humor, honesty, and profound self-reflection.

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“There's certainly a portion of my brain that is always tuned to making wry observations about the world, but that portion of my brain was alive and well before Twitter.”

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“I see my tweets as a current joining a bunch of other currents in the world's craziest ocean.”

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“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.”

Source: Bad Feminist: Essays

“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.”

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“I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.”

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“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.”

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“I read constantly because there is so much to learn from the writing in the world.”

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“Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.”

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“I thought a lot about how so many memoirs about fatness focus on weight loss; they don't focus on living with weight in a world that is rather inhospitable to it. So I knew that was the idea that was going to be most interesting and most challenging, and I like to be challenged as a writer.”

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“I'm fat positive, in that I don't see fat as a bad thing. But what I do see as a bad thing is how I'm treated. I can have the most positive outlook in the world, but that is not going to change how hecklers and people walking down the street are yelling at me.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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Book:Bad Feminist: Essays

Source: Bad Feminist: Essays

“You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about.”

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Book:Bad Feminist: Essays

Source: Bad Feminist: Essays

About the Author

Born: 1974
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 179

Books & Sources

Bad FeministRelated source material

Bad Feminist: EssaysRelated source material

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) BodyRelated source material

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape CultureRelated source material

Difficult WomenRelated source material

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Black Panther: World of WakandaRelated source material

Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s BusinessRelated source material

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