The Boldness of Roxane Gay’s Hunger [TheAtlantic.com]

Samantha Sangenito 6/14/174:00 AM

What is often deemed the most intoxicating part of weight-loss stories is the moment of triumph. Think, confetti showering the winning contestant on a reality show, a newly svelte celebrity swimming inside their “fat” jeans, or Oprah underscoring in a Weight Watchers ad that she can, in fact, eat bread every day. At a time when there is no shortage of recommendations for women on how to discipline or make peace with their bodies, Roxane Gay’s book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, stands out precisely because she begins it by declaring that she hasn’t overcome her “unruly body and unruly appetites.”

[For more of this story, written by Adrienne Green, go to https://www.theatlantic.com/en...-gays-hunger/530067/]

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