I reject the idea that when young women make choices with which we disagree, they are acting without autonomy. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
If you feel like it's hard to be friends with women, consider that maybe women aren't the problem. Maybe it's just you. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of rules for women. We have a lot of expectations and a lot of rules for… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume, even though the lyrics are degrading to… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Placing Margaret Sanger on the $20 bill will remind us of what she has done for women and our reproductive health and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Margaret Sanger didn't just introduce the idea of birth control into our culture at large, she freed women from indenture to their… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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Feminism is just an idea. It's a philosophy. It's about the equality of women in all realms. It's not about man-hating. It's… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
We don't all have to believe in the same feminism. Feminism can be pluralistic so long as we respect the different feminisms… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share
Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share
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“What about other women of color? For Hispanic and Latina women, Indian women, Middle Eastern women, Asian women, their absence in popular culture is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of these discussions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share
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