Roxane Gay - Feminism Quotes

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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.

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In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed.

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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.

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I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn't make certain choices for ourselves.

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I was called a feminist, and what I heard was, 'You are an angry, sex-hating, man-hating victim lady person.' This caricature is how feminists have been warped by the people who fear feminism most, the same people who have the most to lose when feminism succeeds.

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We don't all have to believe in the same feminism. Feminism can be pluralistic so long as we respect the different feminisms we carry with us, so long as we give enough of a damn to try to minimize the fractures among us. Feminism will better succeed with collective effort, but feminist success can also rise out of personal conduct.

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