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This is not a story of triumph, but this is a story that demands to be told and deserves to be heard.” (p.5)īy the time I was done reading Hunger, my copy of the book was not the same. People see bodies like mine and make their assumptions. This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or derided. At the beginning of the book, she writes: In the book, she works to reclaim power over her body through telling its story.
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So naturally, I was extremely excited when I found out her new book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body was coming out. Her writing is honest, elegant, and powerful. Written by MEDA undergraduate intern, Alexa Riobueno-Naylor
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Yet, I felt like I personally wrote some of the chapters within the pages. I wish I could truly put into words how I feel about this book, but I am not that good with words. This is a different story about weight and other intersectionalities that lie within identities. I've read that one, and finished it really not feeling great about myself. This isn't a typical "I weighed 200 pounds and hated myself, so I lost the weigh and now I'm wonderfully perfect and happy" memoir. This memoir follows Gay, a queer, Black, fat feminist female, through her lifetime struggles with weight after a horrific incident she experienced as a child.