The more successful I get, the more I am reminded that in the minds of a great many people I will never be anything more than my body. No matter what I accomplish, I will be fat, first and foremost.

Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.

Maybe I'm a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions about misogyny, institutional sexism that consistently places women at a disadvantage, the inequity in pay, the cult of beauty and thinness, the repeated attacks on reproductive freedom, violence against women, and on and on. I am as committed to fighting fiercely for equality as I am committed to disrupting the notion that there is an essential feminism.

I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.

What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question.

Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever.

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.