Roxane Gay has written a book about what it is to live in her body. Her body that suffered a rape when she was just a child, and now as an adult - a large female adult she is brutally honest about how it is to carry her body around. How her family and friends as well as strangers talk to her about her weight, how they look at her and act around her.
I think all of us females have issues - we all see our faults, we worry about how we look and we spend out life comparing ourselves to others, and most of us feel that we are not good enough. How are lives would be better if we were taller, thinner, had bigger breasts, bigger butts, longer hair, better skin, nicer teeth, more muscles etc, etc... Imagine if we could all be happy and even proud of these beautiful bodies that carry us round, that carry us through our lives.
This book was a great read, I devoured it in a couple of nights, and now will seek out her other works. 5/5
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Women do seem to be hard on themselves vis-a-vis their appearance. I can tell you as a man, that we men are much less demanding of women than they are of themselves. There are always jerks about, of course, but most men aren't looking for perfection. At least my friends aren't.
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