Feminism's failings do not mean we should eschew feminism e… - Roxane Gay

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Feminism's failings do not mean we should eschew feminism entirely. People do terrible things all the time, but we don't regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things. We should disavow the failures of feminism without disavowing its many successes and how far we have come.

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Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and commentator.

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People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.

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