Roxane Gay (b. 1974)
Roxane Gay is a Haitian-American writer, professor, and editor. In 2014 she published the New York Times best-seller “Bad Feminist,” a collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, and politics.
As well as being a prominent voice in contemporary feminism, Gay and her co-author Yona Harvey became the first black women to be lead writers for Marvel when they were signed to write “World of Wakanda,” a comic book spin-off of “Black Panther.”
Much of Gay’s work is meant to deconstruct harmful and marginalizing themes in mainstream feminism. Gay is also a huge proponent of challenging rape culture and empowering women who have endured painful experiences.
