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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.

Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Trying
Feminist
Good
Woman
Think
Makes
Thinking
Become
Better
Human
Humans
Without
Abandoning

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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.
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If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.
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So often feminism is built up as this thing where you have to be perfect. You have to be consistent and you can't ever deviate. That's just not realistic.
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And all the women are feminine, so we never get to see masculine presenting women and we never get to frame that as beautiful, which it is, and that's incredibly frustrating, so for every gain or benefit that the internet offers there is a liability.
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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.
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I am interested in intense, unbreakable emotional connections and oftentimes, such connections can be found between siblings.
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With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one's reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write.
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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 approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.
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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 can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.
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The other day, I saw a blog post where a woman wrote about why she was unfollowing me and that made me feel incredibly self-conscious and embarrassed about my tweets. I also feel more exposed now that I've become a more visible writer but then I try to get over all that and just use Twitter the way I want.
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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 don't want the success to go away. I don't want it to seem unearned.
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When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.
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Truth can hurt so very much.
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Feminism is definitely a part of everything I do.
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I read constantly because there is so much to learn from the writing in the world.
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