Roxane Gay Quotes - Page 5

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• That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When characters are unlikable, they don’t meet our mutable, varying standards. Certainly we can find kinship in fiction, but literary merit shouldn’t be dictated by whether we want to be friends or lovers with those about whom we read.

  Roxane Gay

  Character, Literary Merit, Fiction

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

  Roxane Gay

  People, Feminism, Movement

  Roxane Gay (2014). “Bad Feminist: Essays”, p.5, Harper Collins

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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

  Sex, Hate, Men

  Roxane Gay (2014). “Bad Feminist: Essays”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• There's certainly a portion of my brain that is always tuned to making wry observations about the world, but that portion of my brain was alive and well before Twitter.

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  Brain, Alive, World

  Source: logger.believermag.com

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• I love how I can see [on Twitter] some of the thoughts and ideas of my favorite cultural figures and still also chatter with my friends and family. It's a cocktail party with a fraction of the awkwardness of an actual cocktail party.

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  Party, Ideas, Family And Friends

  Source: logger.believermag.com

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• Twitter has allowed the conversation to broaden and become more inclusive. At times, the conversation is really tense but that's because we're talking about really important issues. It's not going to be easy but at least the conversations are happening.

  Roxane Gay

  Talking, Issues, Important

  Source: logger.believermag.com

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• 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

  Calm, Surrender, Fingers

  "What Would Twitter Do?". Interview with Sheila Heti, believermagblog.wordpress.com. August 14, 2014.

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• I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.

  Roxane Gay

  Writing, Fiction, World

  "Roxane Gay Will Make You Proud to Be a Bad Feminist". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. July 24, 2014.

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• When I write on Twitter, I do other things: I'm working, grading, or reading, and I'm procrastinating, and I'll pop on Twitter and be like, "Hey, what's up? Yogurt's delicious."

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  Reading, Writing, Hey

  "Roxane Gay Will Make You Proud to Be a Bad Feminist". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. July 24, 2014.

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• 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."

  Roxane Gay

  Needs, Ugly, Comment

  "Roxane Gay Will Make You Proud to Be a Bad Feminist". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. July 24, 2014.

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• Feminism has neglected the needs of woman of color and people of color in general. But I don't think it means that we should overlook feminism as having nothing valuable to contribute.

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  Mean, Thinking, Color

  "Roxane Gay Will Make You Proud to Be a Bad Feminist". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. July 24, 2014.

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• 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

  Romantic Love, Thinking, Feminist

  "Roxane Gay Will Make You Proud to Be a Bad Feminist". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. July 24, 2014.

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• I am mortified by my music choices.

  Roxane Gay

  Choices

  "Bad Feminist". www.vqronline.org. 2012.

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