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Hunger

a Memoir of (my) Body
Sep 27, 2017KMJ_ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Roxane Gay takes a fascinating look at the way bodies are perceived in our culture, and her own experiences that have affected her body, self-worth, and health. After she is raped by a group of boys at boarding school, she turns to food for comfort and to make herself unattractive. There are so many troubling aspects of the book, but it’s an important book to read. She discusses the way she takes up space in the world, and how she is always conscious of it. She talks about how society views women’s bodies, her family’s reactions to her weight, the difference between obesity and morbid obesity, and how she is perceived in the world.