Feminism'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.

I don't want the success to go away. I don't want it to seem unearned.

I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.

Violence is a common part of far too many women's lives.

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

Whiteness is not the default in my fiction.

My fiction is a very accurate reflection of the world we live in. Certainly, in some stories, that reflection is amplified but America elected a man who enjoys grabbing women by their pussies.