Truth can hurt so very much.

We need to stop playing Privilege or Oppression Olympics because we'll never get anywhere until we find more effective ways of talking through difference. We should be able to say, “This is my truth,” and have that truth stand without a hundred clamoring voices shouting, giving the impression that multiple truths cannot coexist.

There's certainly a portion of my brain that is always tuned to making wry observations about the world, but that portion of my brain was alive and well before Twitter.

I love romantic comedies. I know how terrible they are, but I love them! And I don't think that makes me less of a feminist.

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

The designation is useful and necessary and sometimes limiting but it is only limiting to people who think, for example, that African-American literature couldn't possibly be something they could be interested in or relate to. They have limited imaginations, which is sad.

Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.