[Opinion] A Necessary Political Act

A Necessary Political Act

Roxane Gay has a lot of opinions. Fortunately for us, she is not afraid to share them. One of our nation’s most eloquent and daring public intellectuals, a writer, editor, professor, and cultural commentator, she has grappled with the larger issues facing society — racism, the rolling back of civil rights, women’s reproductive freedom — as well as more individual topics like fatness, bisexuality, and Blackness. Many of her most thought-provoking…