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Hunger: Historien om (min) kropp by Roxane Gay

27 reviews

katie0528's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A beautiful, heartbeaking story of Roxanne Gay's relationship with herself and her body. Gay explores her painful, often contridictory attitudes toward her body and how she is able to, or oftentimes UNable to, move through the world as a fat, Black, queer woman. I'm huge fan of Aubrey Gordon's work and she shouted out this book specifically, and it was disheartening to learn how much of Gay and Gordon's lives as fat women are the same and how the world tries to exclude them or shame them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

naomiwinograd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This was a tough book to get through. I almost cried several times, and i’m not a very emotional person. This book deserves no less than 5 stars because of how perfectly it depicted her story and how necessary it was to be told. It’s brave for anyone to tell their story, because it’s terrifying. (I don’t need to elaborate, read the book) But it gives other women hope. It honestly changed my whole perspective. I’ve always been on her side with these sorts of things but she made me not only realize WHY i fight for these things but also made me passionate about them. As someone with a BMI under 30 i never really understood fat phobia to a great extent. Maybe I never will. But she really helped me get closer and i think any book that does that is a good one. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emkauffman2's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

leefox's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

elliv's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

liz_a_k's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a fantastic book.  The author's reflections on her own body and life are personal, yet so many of the thoughts could be what any of us think.  While I'm not a huge fan of personal essays or memoirs, this one touched me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

madlyreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

noshinbean's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

kenna14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

One thing I will always appreciate about Roxane Gay is how honest she is. She doesn't try to shy away from the truth or sugarcoat things to protect your feelings. I love her and how she challenges me and how much I always learn when I read her books <3 (she's also a fellow swimmer. slay.)
AUDIOBOOK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail