American - Writer | -
It sometimes feels like the workplace is immune from social upheaval. We go to work and do the best we can, and at the end of the day, we return to our lives. We don't abandon who we are, however, when we begin and end our workday. Who we are shapes how we are perceived in the workplace and, in turn, how we perform in the workplace.
Roxane Gay
WorkBestDayEnd Of The DayEndGo
As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply seemed like the best answer.
BestThinkHumanityBadI CanClaim
I think there are a lot of rules for women. We have a lot of expectations and a lot of rules for women. So we're expected to march in a straight line, and when we don't, all hell breaks loose.
WomenExpectationsThinkHellRules
When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to know the country of our ancestors. Because Haiti is an island, the beach is everywhere. Haitians are particular, even snobby, about beaches.
BeachChildParentsMeCountryKnow
In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you.
BeachYouHaitiBecauseBooksReads
If you feel like it's hard to be friends with women, consider that maybe women aren't the problem. Maybe it's just you.
WomenFeelFriendsProblemYouHard
Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. Just do it.
LoveChildrenFriendsYouWantKids
There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of these discussions because we aren't addressing what must be done to change the current racial climate.
ChangeAmericaWorryDoneWillRace
What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not ever be.
MeAmericaUsDifferentWorries
I'm sick of hearing, thinking and talking about Woody Allen. Nonetheless, the allegations against him continue to capture our national attention because so much of the story is strange and sordid.
SickStoryThinkingTalkingCapture
I can consider not only great art, but the context in which that art has been created. I can consider the people who paid a price for that art to be created and whether or not I want to appreciate that art on their backs.
GreatArtPeopleAppreciateI Can
If I am ever in the spotlight, I want to look good.
GoodI AmLookWantSpotlightEver
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Roxane Gay quotes