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
Public intellectuals are often put in the position of having their words, no matter how off-the-cuff, treated as doctrine. Roxane Gay cuffdoctrineintellectual 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
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 am failing as a woman. I am failing as a feminist. To freely accept the feminist label would not be fair to good feminists. If I am, indeed, a feminist, I am a rather bad one. I am a mess of contradictions. Roxane Gay acceptbadcontradiction share on social
I am 39. I am single. I am a black woman. I have too many advanced degrees. Many a news story tells me finding true love is likely a hopeless proposition. Now is the time when I need to believe in fairy tales. Roxane Gay advanceblackdegree share on social
I have a job I'm pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and take my counsel. I want to be strong and professional, but I resent how hard I have to work to be taken seriously, to receive a fraction of the consideration I might otherwise receive. Roxane Gay chargecommitteeconsideration share on social
I think that everyone in one way or another has some sort of body issue. There's something about themselves physically that they're not happy with, that they're ashamed of, that they keep constantly trying to change. Roxane Gay ashamedbodychange 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
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
