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“I could become more solid, stronger, safer…if I was undesirable, I could keep more hurt away.”
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What follows is a series of chapters focusing on the struggles Gay had with weight as she used her body as its own fortress. Gay writes that even “the medical community is not particularly interested in taking the pain of women seriously.” Women who step forward to report a crime, and instead of being aided, supported, and promised justice, they are discussed as if their testimony is debatable. It would be her word against theirs-she would have to experience the judgement passed on women who come forward as rape victims as they are immediately questioned, doubted, and accused of lying. The shattering experience and undoing of her world would have been subject to discussion. The humiliation and trauma alone resulted in her silence for years to follow. Roxane Gay discusses in the early portions of the book the most traumatic event of her life (and body) where she was physically violated by a group of young boys at the tender age of twelve. The best I can do is tell you what it’s about. As I was taking notes for this review, I kept wondering: how could I possibly criticise a book that is the history of a person’s body? It feels awfully personal, especially when the author is so pleasant and such great company. Alongside, she writes reflections and thoughts she has had about weight in general. The author specifies that this book is a memoir or a history of her body.
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Gay definitely emphasises the great shame that comes with being overweight from the pressures of society and beauty standards, to the health distresses, and the many side-effects of being obese. This book does not justify morbid obesity as healthy, nor does it provide excuses as to why the author is not thin. She emphasises in the first chapters that this book is not a diet book, or a self-help book. Hunger is my first Roxane Gay book and my introduction to the author.