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4.3 AVERAGE
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This was the rawest piece of writing I’ve ever read. Thank god for ms. Gay
i wouldn’t call this a memoir, it’s more of a collection of essays about sexual violence & body issues. regardless, i love it. four stars instead of five because i think it just became repetitive at one point.
The reason I picked the book up on the first place was a video by Reese’s book club called “Book shook” where Jameela Jamil talks about how this book affected her.
This book made me feel like I’m less alone in the relationship with my body, with fitness, with beauty standards. When I was reading it, I just kept highlighting passages that describe eloquently exactly what I think and how I feel.
I could relate less to the way Roxane used food to make herself less vulnerable and while I skipped some parts of the book eg about cooking I felt the first parts of the book connected very well.
This book was very difficult to read for me personally because of the wounds that it opened up, but even so, it changed my attitude towards my past and my body.
This book made me feel like I’m less alone in the relationship with my body, with fitness, with beauty standards. When I was reading it, I just kept highlighting passages that describe eloquently exactly what I think and how I feel.
I could relate less to the way Roxane used food to make herself less vulnerable and while I skipped some parts of the book eg about cooking I felt the first parts of the book connected very well.
This book was very difficult to read for me personally because of the wounds that it opened up, but even so, it changed my attitude towards my past and my body.
a quick read and such an honest depiction of fatphobia in our culture and how our bodies carry trauma and violence. heartbreaking but also hopeful
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This discussed so much more than her experience with eating disorders (which is all I thought we were going to discuss). And it was a bit difficult to read at times. There was a chapter near the end though and
Spoiler
she really dipped into MEGA stalker?..... Are we going to talk about that? I get if confronting him is necessary for closure, but I don't think staying hidden and tracking his every move is part of that closure.....
Brutal, vulnerable, and beautifully written. This memoir is heartbreaking but also hopeful. Documenting a lifetime of lingering effects of a childhood trauma, Roxanne lets us in on her mind in a way that makes it clear we all have so much chaos inside at any given time. I'm hoping that her journey ahead, with trauma treatment for sure, is more peaceful and full on self-compassion.
Thought provoking and intense. I never thought that reading a memoir would provide me with such reflection and disgust at the world, yet here I am. Definitely a must read for women and men alike to realize the cruelties of our world.
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