People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.

The idea of life in France is a utopia where the women are beautiful and they eat cheese all day and wear designer clothes and are magically thin and more evolved. And that's wonderful. Over here, we're still fighting for birth control.

I never imagined that I would be the kind of person who is recognized when I am out and about just living my life.

I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.

You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about.

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.

I like what the internet offers: the ability to get people interested in your mind, and have a chance if you're not conventionally attractive.