Quotes by Roxane Gay

About Roxane Gay:

Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, blogger, and commentator. She is a professor of English at Purdue University, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, contributing editor for Bluestem Magazine, essays editor for The Rumpus, and co-editor of PANK, a nonprofit literary arts collective.
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As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply seemed like the best answer.

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Want nothing but the best for your friends because when your friends are happy and successful, it's probably going to be easier for you to be happy.

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It sometimes feels like the workplace is immune from social upheaval. We go to work and do the best we can, and at the end of the day, we return to our lives. We don't abandon who we are, however, when we begin and end our workday. Who we are shapes ...

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Social media is something of a double-edged sword. At its best, social media offers unprecedented opportunities for marginalized people to speak and bring much needed attention to the issues they face. At its worst, social media also offers 'everyone...

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We like to think the best of ourselves. We like to believe we always say and do the right things. We like to believe our humor is always politic. We like to believe we harbor no prejudices. At least, that's the impression we give when we are so quick...

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I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.

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I think one of the most important things we can do as feminists is acknowledge that, even though we have womanhood in common, we have to start to think about the ways in which we're different, how those differences affect us, and what kinds of needs ...

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If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that's her choice, and I still think she can be feminist while doing that.

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It's so hard to write about countries like Haiti because there's truths behind the misperceptions people have. But there's so much more. There are multiple truths.

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I have never dreamed of being a princess. I have not longed for Prince Charming. I have and do long for something resembling a happily ever after. I am supposed to be above such flights of fantasy, but I am not. I am enamored of fairy tales.

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If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see.

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After the Boston Marathon bombings, people shared grief and outrage on social media.

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I recognize that I'm human, and the older I get, the more I realize how fallible I am, how fallible we all are.

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Internet outrage can seem mindless, but it rarely is. To make that assumption is dismissive. There's something beneath the outrage - an unwillingness to be silent in the face of ignorance, hatred or injustice. Outrage may not always be productive, bu...

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That's what is always fascinating about racism - how it is allowed, if not encouraged, to flourish freely in public spaces, the way racism and bigotry are so often unquestioned.

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I don't want the whole of my writing or my intellectual energy given over to race because I have diverse interests.

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In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you.

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I keep trying to imagine a universe in which too many public figures declaring themselves feminists would be a bad thing.

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Demands for solidarity can quickly turn into demands for groupthink, making it difficult to express nuance.

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Most of the serious disagreement I get comes through email or social media, where people are more comfortable.

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Author Bio

  • NameRoxane Gay
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter