Roxane Gay Quotes

I really am a feminist, though I never used to call myself that.

One of the few ways in which I feel I've actually matured is that as I've grown older I do find the concept of 'men' mystifying, whereas when I was a feisty young thing I was forever saying 'The most fun part of being a feminist is frightening men!'

When people ask me do I believe in feminism - well, I didn't even know I was a feminist. I was the top of the bill; I've always been the top of the bill. So I don't know what equality is.

I am most certainly a feminist.

Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age.

I still try to be a feminist in some tiny way.

I do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally.

I would like to think I am feminist in some sorts.

As it turns out, my grandmother, my mother, my wife, and my daughter are all women, and I like those people. I'm concerned about the issues that they face in their lives. So I'm a feminist, but that's not all I am.

I think being a feminist is to each her own. It's kind of like asking someone what being a woman means to them. We should all be feminists. We should all want equality.

I never really considered myself much of a feminist until I left Wall Street. I did all the right things - such as put together gender-diverse teams - but feminism wasn't deep in my bones.

I think that women's lives are multilayered.

My whole life had been bands that were men-centric - and that's a great thing, I know a lot about how to handle myself - but I think I was missing something.

I'm definitely a feminist.

I've been a feminist all my life, or at least as long as I've been conscious of being a woman.

There's a book called The Women's Room by Marilyn French that was a really big part of my personal feminist awakening growing up that I read.

I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side.

I think we should all call ourselves feminists.

I still consider myself a feminist.

I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.

I consider myself a rampant feminist.

I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but at that time I don't think we had the label yet. But there's no doubt about it that I was born a feminist.

Why am I not feminist? Maybe because I come from a country where my mother ruled my life. I never felt in any way that I couldn't achieve what I want.

You could call me a 'card-carrying feminist,' if there were a card to carry.

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.