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260. Roxane Gay: Should We Quit Social Media?

Publish Date: 2023/11/21
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Author and cultural observer, Roxane Gay, examines the landscape of the internet and our relationship with it. We discuss the line between constructive criticism and online toxicity; how to decide when to speak up and when to stay quiet; and how to stay human and allow redemption in an online world that demands perfection.


Plus, a breakdown of our shared unguilty pleasure: Naked Attraction.


About Roxane: 

Roxane Gay is the author of several books, including AyitiAn Untamed StateNew York Times bestsellers Bad Feminist and Hunger; and the national bestseller Difficult Women.


Her writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories, Best American Short Stories, Best Sex Writing, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times


She also has a newsletter, “The Audacity” – and once had a podcast, The Roxane Gay Agenda.


Her latest book, Opinions, is available now.


TW: @rgay

IG: @roxanegay74

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