Books are often far more than just books.

Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.

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 write toward both idealism and reality - how things are and how I wish they could be.

You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about.

The idea of life in France is a utopia where the women are beautiful and they eat cheese all day and wear designer clothes and are magically thin and more evolved. And that's wonderful. Over here, we're still fighting for birth control.

Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence.