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People do terrible things all the time, but we don't regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things. — Roxane Gay

Beyonce is not above critique. As a feminist herself, I hope Beyonce would welcome it. — Roxane Gay

Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay

I am not easy to love but I am well loved. I try to love well in return. — Roxane Gay

We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists. — Roxane Gay

In Hollywood, a normal-size body is unruly. — Roxane Gay

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive. — Roxane Gay

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. — Roxane Gay

I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all. — Roxane Gay

I reject the idea that when young women make choices with which we disagree, they are acting without autonomy. — Roxane Gay

Demands for solidarity can quickly turn into demands for groupthink, making it difficult to express nuance. — Roxane Gay

Most of the serious disagreement I get comes through email or social media, where people are more comfortable. — Roxane Gay

I am mortified by my music choices. — Roxane Gay

It's hard to be told to lighten up because if you lighten up any more, you're going to float the fuck away. — Roxane Gay

If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see. — Roxane Gay

ROXANE. One hundred men against one: you! - So, good bye! - We are the best of friends, are we not? CYRANO. Assuredly, we are! — Edmond Rostand

We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong. — Roxane Gay

Public intellectuals are often put in the position of having their words, no matter how off-the-cuff, treated as doctrine. — Roxane Gay

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. — Roxane Gay

I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that God is a God of love. — Roxane Gay

If I am ever in the spotlight, I want to look good. — Roxane Gay

It's disheartening that people think that Donald Sterling is the outlier and that he's the exception and not the rule. — Roxane Gay

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

I don't want the whole of my writing or my intellectual energy given over to race because I have diverse interests. — Roxane Gay

I keep trying to imagine a universe in which too many public figures declaring themselves feminists would be a bad thing. — Roxane Gay

With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one's reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write. — Roxane Gay

I love romantic comedies. I know how terrible they are, but I love them! And I don't think that makes me less of a feminist. — Roxane Gay

If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human. — Roxane Gay

I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human. — Roxane Gay

Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky. — Roxane Gay

Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. Just do it. — Roxane Gay

Twitter is my happy place. I am not there to overthink 140 characters. — Roxane Gay

Violence is not the answer but neither is peace. — Roxane Gay

You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious. — Roxane Gay

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

In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you. — Roxane Gay

Margaret Sanger didn't just introduce the idea of birth control into our culture at large, she freed women from indenture to their bodies. — Roxane Gay

I think Lena Dunham is a very bright and very interesting writer, and what she's accomplished at such a young age absolutely impresses me. — Roxane Gay

When you can't find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example. — Roxane Gay

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that. — Roxane Gay

The past is always with you. Some people want to be protected from this truth. — Roxane Gay

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

Books are often far more than just books. — Roxane Gay

My tweeting is cool and calm unless I am riled up about something and then I just surrender to the fury of my fingers. — Roxane Gay

I recognize that I'm human, and the older I get, the more I realize how fallible I am, how fallible we all are. — Roxane Gay

Maybe true love isn't out there for me, but I can sublimate my loneliness with the notion that true love is out there for someone. — Roxane Gay

So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we fear. — Roxane Gay

My parents have been married for 42 years. Their marriage has been - from what I can see - a happy one. — Roxane Gay

When you look past the image, a celebrity is merely a person you know nothing about. — Roxane Gay

I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem. — Roxane Gay

No one is helped when cultural critics use their voices irresponsibly. — Roxane Gay

I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn't make certain choices for ourselves. — Roxane Gay

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. — Roxane Gay

Florida is a strange place: hot, beautiful, ugly. I love it here, and how nothing makes sense but still, somehow, there is a rhythm. — Roxane Gay

Just because you survive something does not mean you are strong. — Roxane Gay

I think it was really entering my 30s that I began to embrace feminism and call myself a feminist. — Roxane Gay

In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed. — Roxane Gay

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. — Roxane Gay

After the Boston Marathon bombings, people shared grief and outrage on social media. — Roxane Gay

I see my tweets as a current joining a bunch of other currents in the world's craziest ocean. — Roxane Gay

Day after day with them, I see more and more of my parents in me. I see where all my quirks come from. I see my future. — Roxane Gay

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