Her writings and work deal with topics of intersectionality, race, gender, class, privilege, sexuality, weight, and self-image on both a personal and societal level. Her other major projects also include editing essays for the online literary magazine The Rumpus, co-editor of PANK, and founding publishing company Tiny Hardcore Press. In addition to her own individual writings, Gay is a contributing Op-Ed writer for The New York Times, covering intersectionality with a focus on the cross between culture and identity.
She is best known for her works of writing, which include the short story collection Ayiti (2011), New York Times bestseller essay collection Bad Feminist (2014), An Untamed State (2014), short story collection Difficult Women (2017), and memoir Hunger (2017).
Roxane Gay is an American author, professor, and women's rights activist, focusing primarily on the field of women and gender studies.
