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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 been warped by the people who fear feminism most, the same people who have the most to lose when feminism succeeds.

Roxane Gay's Popular Quotes

I never imagined any of the success I am currently experiencing.

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When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

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

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We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves.

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We need to stop playing Privilege or Oppression Olympics because we'll never get anywhere until we find more effective ways of talking through differ…

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I wrote myself back together. I wrote myself toward a stronger version of myself . . . Through writing and feminism, I also found that if I was a lit…

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

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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.

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

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