Roxane Gay Quote
Amy talks about the temptation of being the woman a man wants, but ultimately she doesn’t give in to the temptation to be the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain. Unlikable women refuse to give in to that temptation. They are, instead, themselves. They accept the consequences of their choices, and those consequences become stories worth reading.
Roxane Gay
Amy talks about the temptation of being the woman a man wants, but ultimately she doesn’t give in to the temptation to be the girl who likes every fucking thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain. Unlikable women refuse to give in to that temptation. They are, instead, themselves. They accept the consequences of their choices, and those consequences become stories worth reading.
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