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I see my tweets as a current joining a bunch of other currents in the world's craziest ocean.
Roxane Gay
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Roxane Gay
Age: 49
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
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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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Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.
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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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When I write on Twitter, I do other things: I'm working, grading, or reading, and I'm procrastinating, and I'll pop on Twitter and be like, Hey, what's up? Yogurt's delicious.
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Most of the time, writing is a lot of fun, and not a small amount of self-medication.
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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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When you look past the image, a celebrity is merely a person you know nothing about.
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I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American literature. All of these things are part of who I am and what I write.
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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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