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

When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

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 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.

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.

The past is always with you. Some people want to be protected from this truth.