For quotes from the most inspiring celebs, activists, and poets, look no further! You might even find the quote that motivates the best parts of your life ( and love!) forever. If you’re looking for a little inspiration, we’ve got the best quotes to share and savor. So, check out her website for more info on her and her work, and read below for some of our favorite Roxane Gay quotes. She teaches all of us that we can lead by example, without apology, and get sh*t done. She makes me feel like I don’t have to be a cookie-cutter version of a feminist, that I can get angry and blunt and humorous with it.Īnd having someone like Gay to be a leader in this new movement of feminism, especially now when we need it most, is refreshing. Vincent Felitti of the Kaiser Permanente Department of Preventative Health in San Diego has been tracking this connection since the 1980s and has found ample evidence that there is a correlation. I love the raw emotion Roxane Gay not only writes with, but speaks with. In Hunger, Roxane Gay associates her ongoing struggle with obesity to the rape she endured at age twelve.Psychological studies indicate that she is not alone. So, what exactly does that mean? That she would much rather halt the release of her upcoming book than to work with a publisher who supports someone whose words and thoughts are charged with racist hate.Īnd if I can be honest for a minute, this is what I like to see - not just someone who stands up for something they know is wrong, but who actively chooses to do something about it, even if that means sacrificing something that means a lot to them in the process. It’s also about so much more: the body she built to shield herself from the contempt of men and her. And because she believes in the equality and respect of ALL women, including herself, she doesn’t stand by idly when she’s fully aware of injustice going on. Hunger is about weight gained and lost and gainedat her heaviest Gay weighed 577 pounds.