I am not convinced that everyone should read this book. After reading it, I am angry that I let it go so long before confronting it. Title: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Publication Date: June 2017 Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Memoir, Non-Fiction, Feminism Hunger by Roxane Gay talks about things that many have been silent about have wanted to verbalize but either haven’t had the words to, or courage to. I was afraid of her openness and honesty. I put off reading it because I was scared of the content. Then, perhaps most intriguingly, she is signed up for the lead role in the Gina Prince-Bythewood-directed adaptation of An Untamed State, the debut novel from lauded feminist academic Roxane Gay. Elaine Welteroth has climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings along the way. Day One: I finished Hunger by Roxanne Gay. Part-manifesto, part-memoir, from the revolutionary editor who infused social consciousness into the pages of Teen Vogue, an exploration of what it means to come into your own-on your own terms. ROXANE GAY HUNGER CHAPTER ON CLOTHES TV In her smart, clipped, exceedingly direct (and Twitter-friendly: Gays steady stream of commentary has attracted 205,000-plus followers) style, Gay expresses a mix of innate contrarianism and warts-and-all vulnerability that seems uniquely unconcerned about her own likability or attaining anyones approval.
