Roxane Gay
I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.Collection: Years
What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question.Collection: Trying
My dad is a workaholic so I take after him in this respect.Collection: Dad
No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them are terrible, and most of them make the lives of the women they love much harder than need be. Why? Because that's the kind of storytelling I was drawn to when I wrote these stories, most of which are at least seven years or more old.Collection: Men
Emotionally, my ambition is not yet sated. Emotionally, I still feel like a kid at the adult's table, yearning for recognition. I'm not sure where this all comes from but it is how I feel.Collection: Ambition
I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest.Collection: United States
I write because I love doing it.Collection: Writing
I never imagined that I would be the kind of person who is recognized when I am out and about just living my life.Collection: Would Be
The more successful I get, the more I am reminded that in the minds of a great many people I will never be anything more than my body. No matter what I accomplish, I will be fat, first and foremost.Collection: Successful
I am new to superhero comics, though growing up I read Archie comics, religiously. I've been doing a lot of catching up, reading what's out there and it's been wonderful to see what's going on in contemporary comics.Collection: Growing Up
I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.Collection: Trying
Feminism is definitely a part of everything I do.Collection: Feminism
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.Collection: Character
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."Collection: Needs
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.Collection: Mean
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 disavow the failures of feminism without disavowing its many successes and how far we have come.Collection: Mean
I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality and freedom should look like.Collection: Believe
In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed.Collection: People
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."Collection: Reading
I am mortified by my music choices.Collection: Choices