Roxane Gay

@roxanegay.bsky.social

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Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.

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I don’t think Drake can ever recover. This man is driving around the French Quarter on his motorcycle BLASTING Not Like Us. It’s glorious.

It is so damn hot in NOLA. My god. That said I do enjoy the south. People are so nice.

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Sarah Posner

I know what those words mean individually but together they are just a morass of stupidity.

How does someone need help finding the seat 1F? It’s a small but consuming mystery.

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Roxane Gay

honestly hate that every time there's an industry bad actor, lists of "works by marginalized authors to support instead" start circulating like it's a moral obligation to be done out of guilt, & it's crickets every other day of the year. my art is not to be taken in as a reactionary measure

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Benjamin Dreyer

Oh my goodness.

The speed with which they take down all the rainbow accessories lol. Calm down there, Brian

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Johnny Brown

Johnny, your comment does not make any sense because... it implies that the person you're responding to suggested otherwise.

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Luise Loges

It’s so weird! It’s why I left twitter! I make one mild statement, an opinion, and it’s all a bunch “why don’t you solve the country’s problems in 300 characters.”

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I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

The Radical Roberts Courtopen.substack.com The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever. For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court l...

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Linda Holmes

I really enjoy Efron on screen.

Okay!

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Scott #ACAB Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉

Sure thing, Scott.

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Scott #ACAB Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉

I didn’t say don’t consider it. I said don’t treat it as inevitable. Why do people never seem to be able to read online?? I am not speaking in code!

I asked the question. You are arguing with someone that is not me.

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Emmadog

The only person threatening here is you. “Do what I want or else!” I hope that works out for you. And Biden is not my guy.

Cool. How do we do that?

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa

No but that’s not what I was talking about. I said nothing about dealing with the court. I was talking about the election. The court is a separate equally insane matter.

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Emmadog

Do what you want, buddy. You aren’t actually arguing with me. If you’re fine with Trump as president just say so. And good luck!

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Johnny Brown

I am not suggesting hoping for the best, Johnny. I spoke in plain English.

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Emmadog

That’s your choice. It’s absurd and harmful to people without your privilege but it is your choice. And no Dems don’t want you to change your mind. They want you to use it.

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TrickyC (he/him)

There isn’t one. But there is an outcome that is clearly CLEARLY the worst possible outcome so let’s not play silly games.

The Court ruling today is terrible but expected. I will just gently remind everyone that the election hasn’t happened yet. We shouldn’t assume the worst outcome as a foregone conclusion. That only encourages more apathy than many are already feeling.

I guess the British won after all.

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Sid Oozeley

Absolutely. And state schools are excellent. I teach at one and except for Yale always have.

OMG this thrills me. Welcome to the Wharton Hive.

@roxanegay.bsky.social Just want to thank you for talking up "The Age of Innocence", a book I absolutely would not have read if not for you. Finished it a few hours ago and I am still gutted.

I am fascinated by how little some people understand elite college admissions. A 97.3% GPA simply isn’t good enough. That’s frustrating to hear but it is reality. The students at these schools are exceptional. When I taught at Yale it blew my mind.

With a 3% admissions rate, most people, who are mostly exceptional, will not be accepted. And then of course there are the legacies and the ultra wealthy. None of it is fair but it isn’t a conspiracy either.

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Benjamin Dreyer

Oh I wish I could say something

I shared some thoughts about the debate and the state of affairs with which we are contending. audacity.substack.com/p/the-fall-o...

The Fall of Democracyaudacity.substack.com On the dismal presidential debate and the state of our union