Writing has always allowed me to escape. I was a very lonely child. Because I was very socially awkward, I would always have trouble making friends. ….

When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the m….

I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest..

Maybe I'm a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions about misogyny, institut….

I would love to see more acknowledgement of how challenging it is to feel positive about fatness when you can't find clothing. When there literally i….

I was called a feminist, and what I heard was, 'You are an angry, sex-hating, man-hating victim lady person.' This caricature is how feminists have b….

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

Don’t flirt, have sex, or engage in emotional affairs with your friends’ significant others. This shouldn’t need to be said, but it needs to be said.….

I am trying to keep growing and improving as a writer..

The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of it is invigorat….

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..

My dream was to write a book and see it published. I didn't dare imagine anything beyond that, so, I'm trying to keep my head on my shoulders..

I don't read the comments anymore, unless they are moderated. Which is not to say censored, but I don't need to read someone saying, "You're ugly.".

People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things..

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..

It's a very weird cultural perception that if you're fat you're dumb, that you're lazy or a loser. Clearly, those are the preconditions for fatness. ….

We assume whiteness is the default because whiteness, historically, has been the default. This is one of the many reasons diverse representation matt….

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't..

I would like to believe that most people, regardless of gender, are good and kind. The good men in my stories are the rule. It's the bad men that are….

I write toward both idealism and reality - how things are and how I wish they could be..

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