Roxane Gay

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In love with baby elephants!!

[IAMNJERA @IAMNJERA]

Hair, LAID. Waist, CINCHED. Fit, BIG DRIP - my forever First Lady did not come to play.

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very cool fact: we've sent subscription boxes for @rgay 's brand new Audacious Book Club to NYC, New Jersey, New Mexico, Chicago, Portland, up and down California, PA, WA, IA, MI, & MN.

pretty cute to think of you all reading together.

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

When Black people bring up race, let's normalize the topic being simply a conversation and not an argument over racism...

[Kaitlyn Adams @Kait2lyn]

We’re having an event for our unhoused neighbors in a couple weeks! Venmo to the handles in the graphic or DM me if you live in LA and have unopened supplies to donate.

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

Way too adorable!!

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So cute!!

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So strong!!!

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If you need a further description of what your privilege may mean, here's a simple guide to aid you!

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

Sometimes it takes but a glimpse into the lives of others to appreciate the life you were blessed with.

I really miss the vibrancy, crowd, and beautiful beach of Haiti though!

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

"Men have it just as hard as women."

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Heterosexual privilege is also very much a thing!! Let's not forget that!

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

We should speak more about able-bodied privilege. I feel as though it is often overlooked.

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

The worst thing that has happened with the word "privilege" is the fact that it has been so terribly overused to the point where it has been diluted by so much.

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

What is privilege but a peculiar benefit?

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

Having privilege doesn't directly coincide with "having it easy". You can struggle immensely and still harbor some privilege. Hard truth.

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

Once privilege is acknowledged, there is nothing you have to do exactly. The knowledge of said privilege is enough.

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

Do not play The Game of Privilege where you put mixed matched demographic characteristics against each other and determine a winner. There will never be a winner. Privilege pays respect to every individual in its own way.

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

Privilege is relative to and contextual of a person's circumstance.

[Roxane Gay @RoxaneGay7]

When a majority or minority grouping that you fall into speaks of something that doesn't coincide with your circumstances, don't be hateful. They are speaking for their own truth; this doesn't invalidate yours regardless of your relation to them.