I feel like it needs time to marinate for the full impact of her powerful prose and story. While deeply engrossing I didn't want to read this too quickly. I wanted to power through this over the past Labor Day weekend but didn't receive it until Tuesday. But through time and distance I see my body as a tapestry or road map that tells my story in a different way than I would but truthfully. I used to needlessly worry about all the perceived blemishes on my body from past transgressions or sheer dumb luck. The wounds and battle scars can be inconspicuous or completely visible. It doesn't get more personal than a story about your body and everything effecting it and your life. Bad Feminist is up next on my reading list. Her newest work, Hunger, is deeply personal. Afterwards I scoured the internet for more interviews and TED talks. I can't pretend I didn't know about her at all but my interest was reinvigorated recently by her interview with Girlboss radio. The immensely talented writer, Roxane Gay, has been dancing on the edge of my peripheral vision for awhile.
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