Summary of Roxane Gay's Hunger

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I do not have a triumphant weight-loss story to tell. I do not have the strength or willpower to live up to the expectations of others, and so I have had to face my ugliest and weakest parts.
#2 I went to a Cleveland Clinic to have my weight measured. I was 26 at the time and weighed 577 pounds. I had to hear the benefits of the gastric bypass surgery, which was the only effective therapy for obesity. It was supposed to solve all my problems, at least according to the doctors.
#3 I was weighed and measured, and a consultation with the doctor followed. I left with a letter confirming that I’d completed the orientation session. I was not unique. I was not special. I was a body, and there were many of us in this world living bodies like mine.
#4 This book is about living in the world when you are not obese or morbidly obese, but super morbidly obese according to your body mass index. The BMI is a term that sounds technical and inhumane, but it is a measure that allows the medical establishment to try and bring some discipline to undisciplined bodies.

Sujets

• Général
• Abuse

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 08 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669351351
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Roxane Gay's Hunger
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I do not have a triumphant weight-loss story to tell. I do not have the strength or willpower to live up to the expectations of others, and so I have had to face my ugliest and weakest parts.

#2

I went to a Cleveland Clinic to have my weight measured. I was 26 at the time and weighed 577 pounds. I had to hear the benefits of the gastric bypass surgery, which was the only effective therapy for obesity. It was supposed to solve all my problems, at least according to the doctors.

#3

I was weighed and measured, and a consultation with the doctor followed. I left with a letter confirming that I’d completed the orientation session. I was not unique. I was not special. I was a body, and there were many of us in this world living bodies like mine.

#4

This book is about living in the world when you are not obese or morbidly obese, but super morbidly obese according to your body mass index. The BMI is a term that sounds technical and inhumane, but it is a measure that allows the medical establishment to try and bring some discipline to undisciplined bodies.

#5

I was fat because I thought that if my body became repulsive, I could keep men away. I understood that to be fat was to be undesirable to men, and I already knew too much about their contempt.

#6

I was so young when I began my weight gain, and I didn’t know any better. I didn’t know there were better ways to deal with my suffering, and I didn’t know that I could talk to my parents and get help.

#7

I am not comfortable with my body. I have no stamina, and when I walk for long periods of time, my thighs and calves ache. I am in physical pain almost all the time. I sweat profusely, and then I feel self-conscious.

#8

I should examine my body as a crime scene. I should see myself as a victim of the crime that took place in my body. I was hollowed out. I was determined to fill the void, and food was what I used to build a shield around what little was left of me. I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe.

#9

I am a fat woman now, and I do not hate myself. I have been living in this body for more than 20 years. I have tried to make peace with it, and I have tried to love or at least tolerate it in a world that shows nothing but contempt for it.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I have a good memory, but I can also strip my memory bare when necessary. I have photo albums from my childhood that contain photos of me and my brothers when we were young. I can’t remember most of my childhood, though, which is why these albums are so important to me.

#2

I take pictures of everything, so I will not forget it. I do it so I can never forget the beautiful things I see and experience. My parents are the origin of everything good and strong in me.