In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you. Roxane Gay beachbodybook Change image and share on social
I can consider not only great art, but the context in which that art has been created. I can consider the people who paid a price for that art to be created and whether or not I want to appreciate that art on their backs. Roxane Gay artbackcontext 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
The expansive anarchy of the Internet continues to lull us into believing that, because we can see something, that something should be seen. Because we can say something, there is something that must be said. Roxane Gay anarchybelievecontinue share on social
In Hollywood, a normal-size body is unruly. Roxane Gay bodyhollywoodnormal Change image and share on social
There is an odd assumption that compassion and care are finite or that critics can be everything to everyone - commenting on everything simply because they can. That's not what cultural criticism is. Roxane Gay assumptioncarecomment Change image and share on social
My parents have been married for 42 years. Their marriage has been - from what I can see - a happy one. Roxane Gay happymarriagemarry Change image and share on social
I have never dreamed of being a princess. I have not longed for Prince Charming. I have and do long for something resembling a happily ever after. I am supposed to be above such flights of fantasy, but I am not. I am enamored of fairy tales. Roxane Gay charmdreamenamored share on social
Florida is a strange place: hot, beautiful, ugly. I love it here, and how nothing makes sense but still, somehow, there is a rhythm. Roxane Gay beautifulfloridahot Change image and share on social
I recognize that I'm human, and the older I get, the more I realize how fallible I am, how fallible we all are. Roxane Gay falliblehumanold Change image and share on social