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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.

Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Fiction
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Pussy
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Pussies

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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 can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.
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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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If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.
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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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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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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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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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Violence is a common part of far too many women's lives.
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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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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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Nemeses aren't born. They are made.
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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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I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.
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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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Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.
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