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Violence is not the answer but neither is peace.

Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Violence
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The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of it is invigorating.
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I love Twitter. It doesn't keep me from writing and I think it's a really convenient scapegoat when the truth is that the real issue is self-control. I am totally fine admitting i have none. I'm not going to blame Twitter for affecting my writing. And also, Twitter doesn't affect my writing.
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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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I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.
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If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.
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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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People of color are not under any kind of obligation beyond working hard, doing their best, and learning from their mistakes.
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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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My tweeting is cool and calm unless I am riled up about something and then I just surrender to the fury of my fingers.
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Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about.
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Feminism is definitely a part of everything I do.
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