With the bracing candor, vulnerability, and power that have made her one of the most admired writers of her generation, Roxane explores what it means to learn to take care of yourself: how to feed your hungers for delicious and satisfying food, a smaller and safer body, and a body that can love and be loved-in a time when the bigger you are, the smaller your world becomes. From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly. In she explores her past-including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life-and brings readers along on her journey to understand and ultimately save herself. Read 10895 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. As a woman who describes her own body as “wildly undisciplined,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. Summary: Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and. Hunger by Roxane Gay review how the world treats fat people A catalogue of horrors and public humiliations, Gay’s memoir responds to society’s condescension and disgust about her body size. In her phenomenally popular essays and long-running Tumblr blog, Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and body, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. Hunger : A memoir of (my) body, Roxane Gay, (electronic resource eBook). "From the : a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself. From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed.