In the book, Roxane focuses on two things: her experiences as a person who is/has been super-morbidly obese and the circumstances that led her to become so. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body is a 2017 memoir by Roxane Gay, published on June 13, 2017, by HarperCollins in New York, New York. Roxane Gay is a masterful writer, and she invites readers into the depths of her soul with graceangry, honest, welcoming grace. Rebel Girls Book Club is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. To follow our episode schedule go here Follow our social media pages at Instagram Facebook Goodreads and Twitter Or you can email us at Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. She brings to light issues such as stereotyping, mental health, eating disorders, and fat shaming all by using her own experiences. The book was written as a memoir to her body and she does something out of the box by using her body as a vessel to truly represent these issues. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at dia/podcasts! Roxane Gay Hunger is a deeply moving memoir by Roxane Gay focusing on her personal relationship to food, weight and body image and how this has been heavily influenced by experiences within the world and how the world treats her as a fat woman of colour. Roxane Gay’s Hunger focuses on immediate social issues of body image. Reading and writing have always pulled me. Salvation is certainly among the reasons I read. Rebel Girls Book Club is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You think you are alone until you find books about girls like you.
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