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I read constantly because there is so much to learn from the writing in the world.

Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
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Learn
Writing
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World
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I was called a feminist, and what I heard was, 'You are an angry, sex-hating, man-hating victim lady person.' This caricature is how feminists have been warped by the people who fear feminism most, the same people who have the most to lose when feminism succeeds.
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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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Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.
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Truth can hurt so very much.
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Twitter is my happy place. I am not there to overthink 140 characters.
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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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What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question.
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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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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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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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When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.
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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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Violence is not the answer but neither is peace.
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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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Books are often far more than just books.
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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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Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.
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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 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 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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