After the Boston Marathon bombings, people shared grief and outrage on social media. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I see my tweets as a current joining a bunch of other currents in the world's craziest ocean. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Most of the serious disagreement I get comes through email or social media, where people are more comfortable. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
My tweeting is cool and calm unless I am riled up about something and then I just surrender to the fury of… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
When I write on Twitter, I do other things: I'm working, grading, or reading, and I'm procrastinating, and I'll pop on Twitter… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I don't read the comments anymore, unless they are moderated. Which is not to say censored, but I don't need to read… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I tend to write three to four hours a day, depending - oftentimes very late at night. When I write on Twitter,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
There's certainly a portion of my brain that is always tuned to making wry observations about the world, but that portion of… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Living in a rural town really compelled me to start tweeting so much. Mostly, my Twitter usage is fueled by loneliness. I… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I love how I can see [on Twitter] some of the thoughts and ideas of my favorite cultural figures and still also… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Twitter has allowed the conversation to broaden and become more inclusive. At times, the conversation is really tense but that's because we're… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I love Twitter. It doesn't keep me from writing and I think it's a really convenient scapegoat when the truth is that… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Social media is something of a double-edged sword. At its best, social media offers unprecedented opportunities for marginalized people to speak and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Social networks are more than just repositories for trivial, snap judgments; they are more than merely convenient outlets for mindless joy and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
The other day, I saw a blog post where a woman wrote about why she was unfollowing me and that made me… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Human endurance fascinates me, probably too much because more often than not, I think of life in terms of enduring instead of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.” — 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 needs a… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I've noticed while cooking, how ingredients in their individual and naked state and be a bit repulsive but necessary, kind of like people.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“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… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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