![]() In the years that followed, Gay ate to gain weight, to make herself less physically appealing to men who might do her harm. Despite this betrayal, the bookish and shy Gay believed she was to blame for the assault. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body stems from a single horrific event: When Roxane Gay was 12, a group of boys-one of them being her then “boyfriend,” whom she calls “Christopher”-gang raped her in an isolated cabin. Stories about fat people losing weight-and gaining society’s “acceptance” in the process-are framed as those with “happy endings.” In contrast, Gay’s story is one of trauma and the painful process of working toward acceptance. Though Gay’s memoir centers her body, food, and self-image, she also confronts society’s fatphobia-the world’s unwillingness to accept fat people as they are due to assumptions about health and work ethic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (2017) is a memoir by Roxane Gay that addresses the emotional, physical, and psychological effects of sexual assault-and how they tie into self-image. ![]()
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