Roxane Gay Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“There are all kinds of people who continue to be largely ignored by advertisers, whose lives largely go unseen. They deserve their moment.”

“This is the real problem feminism faces. Too many people are willfully ignorant about what the word means and what the movement aims to achieve.”

“Want nothing but the best for your friends because when your friends are happy and successful, it's probably going to be easier for you to be happy.”

“We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong.”

“We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists.”

“What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not ever be.”

“You cannot reason with people who don't recognize the humanity in all of us.”

“2014 was a year of intense social upheaval. In truth, the same could be said for most every year. There is no standstill in a world filled with so many people, scrambling for so much.”

“A lot of ink is given over to mythologizing female friendships as curious, fragile relationships that are always intensely fraught. Stop reading writing that encourages this mythology.”

“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.”