We assume whiteness is the default because whiteness, historically, has been the default. This is one of the many reasons diverse representation matters so much. We need to change the default.
I never imagined any of the success I am currently experiencing. - Roxane Gay
I never imagined any of the success I am currently experiencing.
- Roxane Gay
When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example. - Roxane Gay
When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.
I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all. - Roxane Gay
I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.
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. - Roxane Gay
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.
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… - Roxane Gay
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…
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… - Roxane Gay
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…
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
The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.
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 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.
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. - Roxane Gay
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.
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