The Uterus is a Feature, not a Bug by Sarah Lacy. A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas. I wouldn’t mind spending one of these days in bed watching good movies. Books recommended in this episode: Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway. If you’ve seen any really good ones lately (particularly sci-fi/fantasy movies), let me know. I tend to get a bit reflective around my birthday, so I’ll probably journal about my hopes and dreams for this next year of my life.Īlso, movies. I will spend some quality time with my mom (technically, it’s her day too because she did all the work of giving birth to me) and probably work on book stuff. I’m preparing myself for a lovely birthday weekend, although I have no actual plans. Whatever it is, I do know one thing… Gay is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors. Maybe it’s because I haven’t sat with it long enough, or maybe it’s just good without needing a detailed analysis of why it’s good. Reading it makes me feel so many things that are difficult to articulate.
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Have you ever been so full of feelings but you couldn’t quite put them into words? That’s how I feel about this book. I am intensely and constantly preoccupied with my body in the world because I know what people think and what they see when they look at me… I am hyperconscious of how I take up space… I am not supposed to take up space… I live in a contradictory space where I should try to take up space but not too much of it, and not in the wrong way, where the wrong way is any way where my body is concerned. …I was ashamed by how I deny myself so much and it is still not enough. I wish, so very much, that I could write a book about triumphant weight loss… about being at peace and loving myself wholly… There were several moments that stood out to me, but here are a few of the quotes that resonated with me most: I cannot relate to many of Gay’s experiences, or the desire to make herself larger as a form of protection, but I can relate to navigating the world as an fat/overweight/plus size/larger/whateveryouwannacallit woman. Some parts of it were heartbreaking, some parts made me chuckle, and others hit me square in the gut. She mentions how this is 'by far the hardest book shes ever had to write' and with good reason its also a hard book to read. This memoir follows Gays struggle with her weight, body image, yearning, and self worth. I cant remember the last time a book left me this speechless. Hunger is an intimate look into Roxane Gay’s mind, feelings, and the relationship she has with her body. Its hard to write about Roxane Gays Hunger. First, I’ll say Hunger was a much faster read than I Almost Forgot About You, probably because it was a more interesting read.