Roxane Gay

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I’ve Never Been Good at Dressing Like a Woman

I’ve never been good at dressing like a woman. I stopped wearing dresses when I was twelve years old. I’m 6′3″, so if I were to wear high heels, I would tower over people more...

By Roxane Gay

Lena Dunham: A Generation's Gutsy, Ambitious Voice

The Girls star takes on Hollywood, friendship, rape culture, and more—with humor and tenderness—in her new memoir

By Roxane Gay

SNL's Leslie Jones Uses Slavery to Make a Point About Being Black and Beautiful

Slavery's legacy means that black women get to be strong, exotic and hypersexual, but rarely beautiful, as this sketch expertly critiques

By Roxane Gay

Sasheer Zamata's Unreasonable Burden on SNL

I held my breath and hoped she was good enough while knowing, deep down, that for a woman in her position, there is no such thing as good enough

By Roxane Gay
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