Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.
Roxane GayFiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.
Roxane GayFeminism'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.
Roxane Gay