This is a book about learning, however slowly, to allow myself to be seen and understood” (4-5).Īt the end of the memoir, Gay neither loses weight nor reaches an enlightenment in which she is suddenly full of confidence and self-love. She admits that she still has bad days in which she “forget how to separate personality, the heart of who, from body” and questions if anyone actually feels comfortable in their bodies (149). But it is this painfully sincere portrayal of insecurity and desire for healing and freedom that readers-as humans-connect with and appreciate. Through her masterful storytelling, Gay not only explores and reconciles with her own past but also prompts readers to initiate, if not at least contemplate, conversations around fatness that have been dismissed for too long.Pink is my favorite color. In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution a 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.
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