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” The story of Roxane Gay’s body did not beg wh this vlatn of her nocence, but was the acture that would e to fe her relatnship wh food, sire, and nial for s.

Remend ReadgHunger builds on Gay’s wrg about femism, women’s bodi, and rape culture to unflchgly tackle personal experienc.

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Or I do” and “I do not have an answer to that qutn, or I do, ” imply that Gay unrstands all too well a broar culture that ref to acmodate fat bodi and the rtrat required to scribe the slights she’s experienced wh Gay is grapplg wh a paful, first-person story, she gracefully weav the sharp mentary that she’s e to be known for.

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