If I am ever in the spotlight, I want to look good. Roxane Gay goodspotlight Change image and share on social
Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. Just do it. Roxane Gay childfriendkid Change image and share on social
I was in love with the idea of love, so I created elaborate fictions for my relationships - fictions that allowed me to believe that what any given paramour and I shared looked a lot like love. Roxane Gay allowcreateelaborate Change image and share on social
I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that God is a God of love. Roxane Gay catholicdeeplyfaith Change image and share on social
I would love for everyone to be a feminist, but I have to respect people's choices. If you don't want to be a feminist and don't want to claim feminism, that's entirely your right. Roxane Gay choiceclaimfeminism Change image and share on social
We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists. Roxane Gay badfeministhold Change image and share on social
As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply seemed like the best answer. Roxane Gay acknowledgeanswerbad Change image and share on social
Want nothing but the best for your friends because when your friends are happy and successful, it's probably going to be easier for you to be happy. Roxane Gay easyfriendhappy Change image and share on social
It would be easy to assume that the open letter is a symptom of the Internet age. Such is not the case. In 1774, Benjamin Franklin wrote an open letter to the prime minister of Great Britain, Lord North - a satirical call for the imposition of martial law in the colonies. Roxane Gay ageassumebenjamin share on social
It's disheartening that people think that Donald Sterling is the outlier and that he's the exception and not the rule. Roxane Gay disheartendonaldexception Change image and share on social
