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Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
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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.
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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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Violence is a common part of far too many women's lives.
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When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the movement.
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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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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.
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I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.
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