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#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 gastric bypass surgery, which was the...
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Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties -- including the devastating act of violence that was a turning point at age 12 -- and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life. With candor, vulnerability, and authority, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when...
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Harper Perennial
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[2014]
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xiv, 320 pages ; 21 cm
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A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink, all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue." In these funny and...
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