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Roxane Gay

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ZORA

Pandemic Dread Has Me Instagram-Shopping Nonstop

Author Roxane Gay on how unnecessary purchases help her regain control in an uncertain climate

Nov 20, 2020

A small shopping cart and red computer mouse on pink background, symbolizing online shopping.

Nov 20, 2020

Published in
ZORA

The World, Opened Up

The fear of traveling in my body made the world seem small, until I did it anyway

Jul 2, 2020

Rear view of a fat Black woman sitting on a towel on the beach, watching the ocean.

Jul 2, 2020

Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You

‘I am getting to know so much about her and, fortunately, I delight in each new thing’

Jun 2, 2020

Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You

Jun 2, 2020

Published in
ZORA

I Believe in Stacey Abrams. I’m Disappointed in Stacey Abrams.

When beautiful lies reveal ugly truths

May 14, 2020

A closeup photo of Stacey Abrams speaking at an event.

May 14, 2020

Published in
Gay Mag

Power: A Letter From the Editor

For the final issue of Gay Magazine, we wanted to explore power, this thing that shapes all our lives. Our contributors did not disappoint…

Apr 3, 2020

Power: A Letter From the Editor

Apr 3, 2020

Published in
Gay Mag

Notes on Power in a Pandemic

Grappling with the uncertainties of the way we are living now

Apr 3, 2020

Notes on Power in a Pandemic

Apr 3, 2020

Published in
Gay Mag

A Year in the Life: 2019

Roxane Gay’s year of reading

Feb 5, 2020

A Year in the Life: 2019

Feb 5, 2020

Published in
Gay Mag

White Fever Dreams

The distortions of black and brown lives in the white imagination

Jan 31, 2020

White Fever Dreams

Jan 31, 2020

Published in
Gay Mag

Gay’s Best of 2019

Some of our favorite essays this year

Jan 1, 2020

Gay’s Best of 2019

Jan 1, 2020

Published in
Gay Mag

Some Notes on Cats

Observations from someone who will never be a cat person

Nov 27, 2019

Some Notes on Cats

Nov 27, 2019

Published in
Gay Mag

The Case for Checking a Bag

And other travel complaints

Oct 18, 2019

The Case for Checking a Bag

Oct 18, 2019

Published in
Gay Mag

The Devil’s Candy

On edibles, and a very bad trip

Sep 6, 2019

The Devil’s Candy

Sep 6, 2019

The Legacy of Toni Morrison

There is a blossoming of black women writers who are following her footsteps and making their own impact

Aug 9, 2019

The Legacy of Toni Morrison

Aug 9, 2019

Published in
Gay Mag

The Pleasure of Clapping Back

On engaging with trolls and having nemeses

Jun 26, 2019

The Pleasure of Clapping Back

Jun 26, 2019

The Case Against Hope

I’m not trying to depress anyone — especially recent graduates — but things are really bad, and what we need to do is act

Jun 7, 2019

The Case Against Hope

Jun 7, 2019

Published in
Gay Mag

Welcome to Gay Magazine

Creating an online space where writers are afforded the time to produce their best work.

May 1, 2019

Welcome to Gay Magazine

May 1, 2019

My 2018 in Reading and Writing

2018 was an eventful year. I had surgery. I started going to therapy again. I wrote about love, and the importance of voting while…

Jan 17, 2019

My 2018 in Reading and Writing

Jan 17, 2019

Thousand Oaks and Our Peculiarly American Affliction

Be shocked by the massacre at a bar. It’s not normal.

Nov 9, 2018

Thousand Oaks and Our Peculiarly American Affliction

Nov 9, 2018

Published in
Gay Mag

The Body That Understands What Fullness Is

Roxane Gay on getting weight reduction surgery

Apr 24, 2018

The Body That Understands What Fullness Is

Apr 24, 2018

Published in
Gay Mag

The Body Is Unruly

I wrote a book, Hunger, about my body. I wrote about being fat. I wrote the story of my body, of how trauma irrevocably shaped that story…

Apr 3, 2018

The Body Is Unruly

Apr 3, 2018

Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay

I write. I want a tiny baby elephant. If you clap, I clap back. Books.: Ayiti, Untamed State, Bad Feminist. Difficult Women, World of Wakanda 1–5, Hunger.

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