Hunger

“This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or derided. People see bodies like mine and make their assumptions. They think they know the why of my body. They do not.”

It's definitely not a piece of writing that's left me cold. I have to mention that I can't quite stomach some things that Roxanne Gay says at certain points in this memoir, she is very angry about many things and lashes out by being very unfair and judgmental towards many people (I'm not talking about those who gave wronged her, I mean people who have literally nothing to do with what happened to her and who's biggest crime is to weigh less and not have had her traumatic experiences). Nonetheless this is not about my feelings, it's about hers and I can sympathize with what she's been and still going through and I can understand her anger and why she would find it hard to believe that most people are not horrible. I can respect her perspective, which is raw and disheartening but equally honest and important to hear.