I am trying to keep growing and improving as a writer.

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't.

The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of it is invigorating.

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

Violence is not the answer but neither is peace.

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.

I write because I love doing it.