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About Roxane Gay
American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator
Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. She is known for essays, fiction, memoir, and public commentary, and for books including Bad Feminist, Ayiti, An Untamed State, Difficult Women, and Hunger. Her work spans criticism and creative writing, with Bad Feminist becoming a New York Times best seller. Across her books, she writes about culture, identity, gender, and the pressures of contemporary life, moving between personal reflection and sharper social critique.
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Feminism: more sayings
- “A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.”Lord Byron
- “It takes a near act of rebellion for even a four-year-old to break away from society's expectations.”Sheryl Sandberg
- “The decent man and the lover holds back even when he could obtain what he wishes. To win this silent consent…”Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Books by Roxane Gay
Hunger
2017
Not that bad
2018