Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is an American feminist writer, professor, editor and commentator. She is an associate professor of English at Purdue University, contributing op-ed writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, essays editor for The Rumpus, and co-editor of PANK, a nonprofit literary arts collective...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
thinking feminist good-woman
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.
answers violence
Violence is not the answer but neither is peace.
doe lucky empowered
Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.
writing looks and-love
Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.
being-yourself ambitious doing-you
You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.
talking voice differences
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.
feminist
I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.