Quotes by Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

“We are now dealing with a bizarre new morality where a woman cannot simply say, in one way or another, "I'm on the pill because I like dick.”

“When you can't find someone to follow, find a way to lead by example.”

“Better is not good enough, and it's a shame that anyone would be willing to settle for so little.”

“Often, when I read the news, I have to make sure I am not, in face, reading The Onion. We continue to have national and state debates about abortion, birth control, and reproductive freedom, and me...”

“On the scale of relevance, public approval or disapproval of a woman's choices should not merit measure.”

“On my more difficult days, I'm not sure what's more of a pain in my ass -- being black or being a woman. I'm happy to be both of these things, but the world keeps intervening.”

“Feminism, as of late, has suffered from a certain guilt by association because we conflate feminism with women who advocate feminism as part of their personal brand. When these figureheads say what...”

“Feminism's failings do not mean we should eschew feminism entirely. People do terrible things all the time, but we don't regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things. We should dis...”

“In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed. For whatever reason, we hold feminism to an unreasonable standard where the movement must b...”

“I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. Im not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to ...”

“Many comedians are very proud of themselves for saying the things others are supposedly afraid to say. They are at the forefront of this culture of entitlement where we get to do anything, think an...”

“I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.”

“... just one more reminder that the rules are always different for girls, no matter who they are and no matter what they do.”

“This tension-the idea that there is a right way to be a woman, a right way to be the most essential woman- is ongoing and pervasive.”

“Despite what people think based on my opinion writing, I very much like men. They're interesting to me, and I mostly wish they would be better about how they treat women so I wouldn't have to call ...”

“More troubling than this oddly timed debate about birth control is the vehemence with which women need to justify or explain why they take birth controlhealth reasons, to regulate periods, you know...”

“If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.”

“Sometimes, when you least expect it, you become the girl in the woods. You lose your name because another one is forced on you. You think you are alone until you find books about girls like you. Sa...”

“Like many writers, I lived inside of books as a child.”

“Life, apparently, requires a trigger warning.This is the uncomfortable truth: everything is a trigger for someone. There are things you cannot tell just by looking at someone.We all have history. Y...”