Such is the case for Roxane Gay, whose latest work, “Hunger,” is a memoir of her body and how she has lived in and with it since surviving a horrible act of violence. If you are a woman, of any race, it’s nearly impossible not to internalize this mainstream mantra of emaciation as the end goal, but if preempted and perpetuated by sexual assault, a woman’s body can become the towering embodiment of exquisite pain. Because apart from money, thinness is the country’s most valued and desired currency. ![]() ![]() Like the majority of women in America, I think about nearly every piece of food that I put into my mouth.
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