Quotes by Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

Explore a curated collection of 62 quotes by Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I’m not trying to be an example. I am not trying to — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Life, apparently, requires a trigger warning.This is the uncomfortable truth: everything is a trigger for someone. There — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
I knew I was in love with The Hunger Games when I did not want to get off the treadmill — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Love your friends' kids even if you don't want or like children. Just do it. — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
We hold all people to unspoken rules about who and how they should be, how they should think, and what the should say. W — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
We all have the capacity to do hurtful things, but we differ from one another in terms of scale-how much we can hurt oth — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Many comedians are very proud of themselves for saying the things others are supposedly afraid to say. They are at the f — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all. — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
... just one more reminder that the rules are always different for girls, no matter who they are and no matter what they — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
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 an — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Despite what people think based on my opinion writing, I very much like men. They're interesting to me, and I mostly wis — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Sometimes, when you least expect it, you become the girl in the woods. You lose your name because another one is forced — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Like many writers, I lived inside of books as a child. — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far mo — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
I hate when people say something is not their job or that something isn't possible. We all say these things, sure, but s — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
More troubling than this oddly timed debate about birth control is the vehemence with which women need to justify or exp — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
I get angry when women disavow feminism and shun the feminist label but say they support all the advances born of femini — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
I want characters to do bad things and get away with their misdeeds. I want characters to think ugly thoughts and make u — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
The United States as we know it was founded on the principle of inalienable rights, this idea that some rights are so sa — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Bad feminism seems like the only way I can both embrace myself as a feminist and be myself, and so I write. I chatter aw — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist