10 Great Articles and Essays by Roxane Gay

Articles/Essays

Bad Feminist

If I am, indeed, a feminist, I am a rather bad one

Vehicular Manslaughter

I tend to drive with a heavy foot

Tired of Talking about Diversity

I am not going to give you the answers you seek or provide absolution or do the work that you are eminently capable of doing…

Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response.

Every day, terrible things happen in the world. It is overwhelming to try and make sense of any of it, to know how to feel about any of it, to be able to articulate those feelings, to express compassion when there is such a gaping, desperate need for it…

Peculiar Benefits

Until visiting Haiti, I had no idea what poverty really was or the difference between relative and absolute poverty

A Place Where We Are Everything

Oftentimes when having difficult conversations about complex topics, certain kinds of people will try to derail the conversation…

The Price of Black Ambition

As a black girl in these United States I had no choice but to work toward being the best

What Fullness Is

On getting weight reduction surgery

Not Here to Make Friends

On the importance of unlikable female protagonists

Why the Beach Is a Bummer

I have known beaches, but I have no particular fondness for them. I don’t like sand in my crevices…