Roxane Gay

Activists need to be mindful of their language

Activists need to be mindful of their language

BY SARAH WASHINGTON '19

On Thursday Feb. 16 and Friday Feb. 17, I had the privilege of seeing the activist and author of “Bad Feminist” Roxane Gay, give a lecture and lead a writing workshop. Although she had many lessons to teach us, what struck me the most was her view on the careless ways in which we treat language as activists.