About Quotes by Roxane Gay

In truth, I don't care about making feminism more accessible to anyone.

— Roxane Gay

That's what is always fascinating about racism - how it is allowed, if not encouraged, to flourish freely in public spaces, the…

— Roxane Gay

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

When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to…

— Roxane Gay

It's so hard to write about countries like Haiti because there's truths behind the misperceptions people have. But there's so much more.…

— Roxane Gay

This is the real problem feminism faces. Too many people are willfully ignorant about what the word means and what the movement…

— Roxane Gay

I think the world is ambivalent about feminism. So I can't blame college students. I think they're reflecting the greater culture's attitude…

— Roxane Gay

There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of…

— Roxane Gay

For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment.

— Roxane Gay

I worry about dying alone, unmarried and childless, because I spent so much time pursuing my career and accumulating degrees. This kind…

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Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's…

— Roxane Gay

As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply…

— Roxane Gay

Something outrageous, in the truest sense of the word, is always happening. On social networks, we're always voicing our reactions to these…

— Roxane Gay

I think one of the most important things we can do as feminists is acknowledge that, even though we have womanhood in…

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I want to take the time to think through how I feel and why I feel. I don't want to feign expertise…

— Roxane Gay

I think that everyone in one way or another has some sort of body issue. There's something about themselves physically that they're…

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I'm sick of hearing, thinking and talking about Woody Allen. Nonetheless, the allegations against him continue to capture our national attention because…

— Roxane Gay