I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. Her horrific sexual assault at age 12 has been a big influence on her work over the years, and this part of her past is discussed in this book, with regards to self-image and self-care: “ I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. Gay has been open about her life and experiences, and in her new book, she tackles a subject she has often written about intimately on her tumblr blog. You wonder how a woman like that has time to do all of this and still travel around the country, promoting her new book, Hunger: A memoir of (my) body. Writer of the long-running tumblr blog, Roxane Gay is spelled with one “N”. ![]()
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