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Roxane Gay

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1007 total appearances

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It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

So let them stay in the sort of nurture of home a little longer and start them in school at five.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

Come on.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

What's the harm?

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

Well, I mean, I firmly believe we can do multiple things at the same time, first of all.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

One of the key challenges we're seeing in terms of progressive and or liberal candidates is that they are basing their entire campaigns on, I'm not Trump, I hate Trump, Trump is bad.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

Like, yes, we know.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

We know, no shit.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

What are your policies?

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

And for whatever reason, we are seeing a real impoverished...

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

level of policy articulation among progressive candidates, because I think they feel that Trump is so bad that all I have to do is be not Trump.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

But voters deserve better.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

We deserve more.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

We deserve robust policy.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

And I also think that a lot of politicians are cowards and they're afraid of alienating

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

voters by taking a stand.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

But for me, what I vote for is people who take a stand.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

I don't even have to agree with your entire platform.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

But do I agree with the things that are most important to me?

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

Yeah, that's good enough.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

And