--- title: "15 Think Quotes By Roxane Gay" description: "15 Think quotes by Roxane Gay. Plus more from Roxane Gay and more Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/roxane-gay-520_about_as-i-started-to-think-about-how-i-can-cl_800738.png" --- > [As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/as-i-started-to-think-about-how-i-can-claim-feminism-while-also/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/roxane-gay-520_about_as-i-started-to-think-about-how-i-can-cl_800738.png) > [If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that's her choice, and I still think she can be feminist while doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/if-a-woman-wants-to-take-her-husband-s-name-that-s-her-choice-and-i/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/roxane-gay-520_choice_if-a-woman-wants-to-take-her-husband-s-n_2370835.png) > [I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-think-it-was-really-entering-my-30s-that-i-began-to-embrace/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/roxane-gay-520_began_i-think-it-was-really-entering-my-30s-th_2576951.png) > [I think there are a lot of rules for women. We have a lot of expectations and a lot of rules for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-rules-for-women-we-have-a-lot-of/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/roxane-gay-520_breaks_i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-rules-for-wom_3165428.png) > [When advertisers ignore diversity, it is because they don't think the lives of others matter. There is not enough of a financial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/when-advertisers-ignore-diversity-it-is-because-they-don-t-think-the/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/roxane-gay-520_advertiser_when-advertisers-ignore-diversity-it-is_2077061.png) > [I think Lena Dunham is a very bright and very interesting writer, and what she's accomplished at such a young age absolutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-think-lena-dunham-is-a-very-bright-and-very-interesting-writer-and/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/roxane-gay-520_absolutely_i-think-lena-dunham-is-a-very-bright-and_2929197.png) > [It's disheartening that people think that Donald Sterling is the outlier and that he's the exception and not the rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/it-s-disheartening-that-people-think-that-donald-sterling-is-the/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/roxane-gay-520_disheartening_it-s-disheartening-that-people-think-tha_2698182.png) > [Everyone else thinks I'm a nonfiction writer. I think it's because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/everyone-else-thinks-i-m-a-nonfiction-writer-i-think-it-s-because-my/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/roxane-gay-520_because_everyone-else-thinks-i-m-a-nonfiction-wr_2029566.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-think-the-world-is-ambivalent-about-feminism-so-i-can-t-blame/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/roxane-gay-520_about_i-think-the-world-is-ambivalent-about-fe_1999909.png) > [We like to think the best of ourselves. We like to believe we always say and do the right things. We like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/we-like-to-think-the-best-of-ourselves-we-like-to-believe-we-always/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/roxane-gay-520_always_we-like-to-think-the-best-of-ourselves-w_189968.png) > [People don't want to think... I mean, they don't! They just want to say, 'Oh, okay, feminists are humorless man-haters,' and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/people-don-t-want-to-think-i-mean-they-don-t-they-just-want-to-say-oh/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/roxane-gay-520_absolutely_people-don-t-want-to-think-i-mean-they-d_1885756.png) > [Something outrageous, in the truest sense of the word, is always happening. On social networks, we're always voicing our reactions to these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/something-outrageous-in-the-truest-sense-of-the-word-is-always/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/roxane-gay-520_about_something-outrageous-in-the-truest-sense_1000857.jpg) > [I think that everyone in one way or another has some sort of body issue. There's something about themselves physically that they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-think-that-everyone-in-one-way-or-another-has-some-sort-of-body/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/roxane-gay-520_about_i-think-that-everyone-in-one-way-or-anot_2799787.png) > [I think one of the most important things we can do as feminists is acknowledge that, even though we have womanhood in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-think-one-of-the-most-important-things-we-can-do-as-feminists-is/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1c/roxane-gay-520_about_i-think-one-of-the-most-important-things_1413145.png) > [I want to take the time to think through how I feel and why I feel. I don't want to feign expertise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-want-to-take-the-time-to-think-through-how-i-feel-and-why-i-feel-i/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/roxane-gay-520_about_i-want-to-take-the-time-to-think-through_2549845.png) ## Other authors on Think ## More by Roxane Gay > [“Human endurance fascinates me, probably too much because more often than not, I think of life in terms of enduring instead of living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/human-endurance-fascinates-me-probably-too-much-because-more-often/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“Being useful was a balm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/being-useful-was-a-balm/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/no-woman-or-man-is-any-one-thing-and-the-men-in-my-stories-well-some/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-was-a-daydreamer-and-i-resented-being-pulled-out-of-my-daydreams-to/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/feminism-is-i-hope-a-way-to-a-better-future-for-everyone-who-inhabits/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/fiction-offers-escape-but-it-also-interrogates-the-world-we-live-in/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“I've noticed while cooking, how ingredients in their individual and naked state and be a bit repulsive but necessary, kind of like people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-ve-noticed-while-cooking-how-ingredients-in-their-individual-and/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“I shouted, “This is not right,” knowing my words were useless. There’s no room for such distinctions in a country where too many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-shouted-this-is-not-right-knowing-my-words-were-useless-there-s-no/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/most-of-my-favorite-tweets-go-completely-ignored-but-most-of-my/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“What about other women of color? For Hispanic and Latina women, Indian women, Middle Eastern women, Asian women, their absence in popular culture is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/what-about-other-women-of-color-for-hispanic-and-latina-women-indian/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of these discussions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/there-has-been-and-there-will-continue-to-be-vigorous-discussions/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/writing-at-its-best-and-truest-can-offer-solace-and-salvation-for/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“I knew I was in love with The Hunger Games when I did not want to get off the treadmill”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-knew-i-was-in-love-with-the-hunger-games-when-i-did-not-want-to-get/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“Just because you survive something does not mean you are strong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/just-because-you-survive-something-does-not-mean-you-are-strong/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“Celebrities understand the economy of thinness, and most of them are willing to participate in that economy, taking to social media, where they pose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/celebrities-understand-the-economy-of-thinness-and-most-of-them-are/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think/roxane-gay/#itemlist", "name": "15 Think Quotes By Roxane Gay", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply seemed like the best answer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roxane Gay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/as-i-started-to-think-about-how-i-can-claim-feminism-while-also/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/roxane-gay-520_about_as-i-started-to-think-about-how-i-can-cl_800738.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/roxane-gay-520_about_as-i-started-to-think-about-how-i-can-cl_800738.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/roxane-gay-520_about_as-i-started-to-think-about-how-i-can-cl_800738.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my…” — Roxane Gay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that's her choice, and I still think she can be feminist while doing that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roxane Gay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/if-a-woman-wants-to-take-her-husband-s-name-that-s-her-choice-and-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/roxane-gay-520_choice_if-a-woman-wants-to-take-her-husband-s-n_2370835.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/roxane-gay-520_choice_if-a-woman-wants-to-take-her-husband-s-n_2370835.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/roxane-gay-520_choice_if-a-woman-wants-to-take-her-husband-s-n_2370835.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that's her choice, and I still think she can be feminist while…” — Roxane Gay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roxane Gay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-think-it-was-really-entering-my-30s-that-i-began-to-embrace/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/roxane-gay-520_began_i-think-it-was-really-entering-my-30s-th_2576951.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/roxane-gay-520_began_i-think-it-was-really-entering-my-30s-th_2576951.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/roxane-gay-520_began_i-think-it-was-really-entering-my-30s-th_2576951.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist.” — Roxane Gay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think there are a lot of rules for women. 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