Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, and cultural critic known for her influential essays and books on feminism, race, body image, and pop culture, including the bestselling memoir "Hunger" and essay collection "Bad Feminist."

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essayist
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novelist
podcaster
professor
writer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Eastern Illinois University
New York Times
Purdue University
Yale University
ethnicGroup Haitian American
familyName Gay
fieldOfWork body image
cultural criticism
feminist theory
pop culture
race and ethnicity studies
founded Roxane Gay Books
genre essay
literary fiction
memoir
nonfiction
short story
givenName Roxane
hasWrittenOn fatness
politics
queer identity
sexual violence
hostOf Hear to Slay
The Roxane Gay Agenda
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Black feminism
body positivity
feminism
intersectional feminism
name Roxane Gay
notableWork An Untamed State
Ayiti
Bad Feminist
Difficult Women
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
World of Wakanda
occupation columnist
cultural critic
editor
professor
screenwriter
writer
placeOfBirth Omaha, Nebraska
positionHeld contributing opinion writer at The New York Times
sexOrGender female
spouse Debbie Millman


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