1180 quot om Roxane Gay: 'I embrace the label of bad femist bee I am human. I am msy. I’m not tryg to be an example. I am not tryg to be perfect. I am not tryg to say I have all the answers. I am not tryg to say I’m right. I am jt tryg—tryg to support what I believe , tryg to do some good this world, tryg to make some noise wh my wrg while also beg myself.', 'I believe femism is ground supportg the choic of women even if we wouldn’t make certa choic for ourselv.', and 'It’s hard to be told to lighten up bee if you lighten up any more, you’re gog to float the fuck away.'
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BOOKS BY ROXANE GAY
Roxane Gay has 120 books on Goodreads wh 35910 ratgs. Roxane Gay’s most popular book is Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. * roxane gay goodreads *
On the one hand, this is an amazgly hont acunt of Roxane Gay's life wh an unly body, as she lls , which veloped after she was gang raped at 12. This is Gay's memoir om the time she was gang raped at twelve-years-old, to her later need to e food to build a fortrs around herself, to her more recent life as a woman tegorized as the horrendo phrase "super morbidly obe". ) I wonr if Roxane Gay was ed ready to wre this book -- she am as a difficult experience to wre and fish and publish and there is equivotn on every page, sometim every sentence, and nothg like the stronger, more direct prose and voice of her says/op-eds on femism and society.
For example, I wish wrers like Gay, who surely knows what real hate is, wouldn't e the word "hate" so much for banal occurrenc everyday life that we simply don't like or don't prefer: food, habs, celebri, mor nvenienc, awkward moments.
598 reviews1, 165 followersAugt 8, 2021I nnot jump on the bandwagon of this beg a wonrful and empowerg folks but as Ms Gay ntu to blame the world for her unhapps there is jt no chance for peace. Roxane Gay seems to know exactly how to e repn and exactly how to nvey what is to be her place - emotns we’ve all felt, but maybe haven’t put to words. Gay’s narratn perfectly nveys every emotn, perfectly nveys jt how horrifyg and hard to talk about her experienc are whout melodrama or tears.
ROXANE GAY BOOKS
Books shelved as roxane-gay: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay, Bad Femist by Roxane Gay, Difficult Women by Roxane Gay, An Untamed State by ... * roxane gay goodreads *
I’m a ltle horrified by several reviews seemg to imply - or outright state - that Roxane Gay is makg her problems worse by wallowg or by “refg” to open herself to others - or even worse, that she is “choosg” not to heal. Favor favs-of-2018 femism 1, 500 reviews8, 847 followersJuly 14, 2017I fished Hunger five hours ago and still feel such overwhelmg gratu for Roxane Gay's wrg; this memoir is my favore 2017 read by far and one of those rare works that mak me so thankful for my abily to read at all.
Hunger foc on Gay's fatns, how beg fat has affected her life so many negative and unfair ways, and the rape she experienced as a twelve-year-old that precipated her weight ga.
Instead of okie-cutter niceti, Gay offers a harrowg and hont acunt of her sufferg, as well as the paful, slow, and necsary steps she has taken to heal.