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..

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'll learn how to rest, though. I can still learn new tricks..

Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about..

Books are often far more than just books..

I love Twitter. It doesn't keep me from writing and I think it's a really convenient scapegoat when the truth is that the real issue is self-control.….

Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is still my responsibility to fight for her rights. I ….

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

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

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….

The idea of life in France is a utopia where the women are beautiful and they eat cheese all day and wear designer clothes and are magically thin and….

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

What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question..

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. ….

Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined..

My fiction is a very accurate reflection of the world we live in. Certainly, in some stories, that reflection is amplified but America elected a man ….

Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever..

I thought a lot about how so many memoirs about fatness focus on weight loss; they don't focus on living with weight in a world that is rather inhosp….

I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of oth….

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

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