Whiteness is not the default in my fiction.

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.

I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.

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

My tweeting is cool and calm unless I am riled up about something and then I just surrender to the fury of my fingers.

I've always wanted to be a writer. I've been writing since I was probably four years old - it was nonsense, but it was still my little attempts at being a storyteller.

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.