Like most people, I’m full of contradictions, but I also don’t want to be treated like shit for being a woman.” p. I cannot and will not deny the importance and absolute necessity of feminism. “No matter what issues I have with feminism, I am a feminist. Social networks also provide us with something of a flawed but necessary conscience, a constant reminder that commitment, compassion, and advocacy neither can nor ever should be finite.” p.265 They offer more than the common ground and the solace we may find during culturally significant moments. “Social networks are more than just infinite repositories for trivial, snap judgments they are more than merely convenient outlets for mindless joy and outrage.
The problem is not that one of these things is happening it’s that they are all happening, concurrently and constantly.” p.189 It’s hard to be told to lighten up because if you lighten up any more, you’re going to float the fuck away.
“It’s hard not to feel humorless, as a women and a feminist, to recognize misogyny in so many forms, some great and some small, and know you’re not imagining things.
BAD FEMINIST BY ROXANE GAY QUOTES FREE
We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence.” p.180 “Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. For a while, I teetered between three and four stars, but the more I got into the book, and the more worked up I got, the more I realized that a book eliciting such a response really deserves top ratings. A visceral reaction to a trigger is nothing compared to the actual experience that created the trigger.” p.152 Roxane Gay had me so worked up and stinking mad that I wished she were right in front of me so I could give her a piece of my mind. “This is the truth of my trouble with trigger warnings: there is nothing words on the screen can do that has not already been done. We’re refusing to relish the comforts we have at the expense of the women who are still seeking comfort.” p.102 We’re refusing to forget how much work there is yet to be done. “Feminists are celebrating our victories and acknowledging our privilege when we have it. “We would live in a world of silence if the only people who were allowed to write or speak from experience or about difference were those absolutely without privilege.” p.18 “When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the movement.” p. Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2014 (Paperback, 318 pages)