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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: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
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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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Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.
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People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.
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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 love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.
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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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Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever.
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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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I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.
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Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and my [redacted]. See what I did there?
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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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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.
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I don't want the success to go away. I don't want it to seem unearned.
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