I am full of contradictions.' She lists some of her 'sins': she listens to misogynist rap on the way to work. 'Let me be clear,' she says. 'I'm a mess. Gay doesn't want to be held up as an example. Then, when they make a mistake, when they do one thing that offends other feminists, they get knocked down. Roxane Gay points out how quickly we put feminists up on a pedestal.