tara’s Reviews > Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body > Status Update
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is on page 166 of 306
What does it say about our culture that the desire for weight loss is considered a default feature of womanhood? (137)
It is startling to realize that even Oprah, a woman in her early sixties, a billionaire and one of the most famous women in the world, isn't happy with herself, her body. (139)
I deny myself so much, and still there is so much desire throbbing beneath my surfaces. (147)
— Jan 10, 2019 04:08PM
It is startling to realize that even Oprah, a woman in her early sixties, a billionaire and one of the most famous women in the world, isn't happy with herself, her body. (139)
I deny myself so much, and still there is so much desire throbbing beneath my surfaces. (147)
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tara
is on page 126 of 306
Your body is subject to commentary when you gain weight, lose weight, or maintain your unacceptable weight. [...] This commentary is often couched as concerns, as people only having your best interests are heart. They forget that you are a person. You are your body, nothing more, and your body should damn well be less. (pg 120-121)
— Jan 01, 2019 02:03PM
tara
is on page 116 of 306
In some ways it feels like the weight just appeared on my body one day. I was a size 8 and then I was a size 16 and then I was a size 28 and then I was a size 42.
In other ways, i was intimately aware of every single pound that accumulated and clung to my body. And everyone around me was also intimately aware. (pg 116)
— Jan 01, 2019 01:49PM
In other ways, i was intimately aware of every single pound that accumulated and clung to my body. And everyone around me was also intimately aware. (pg 116)
tara
is on page 46 of 306
"The ways in which I am my mother's daughter are infinite." (page 29)
No single line I have read of this book has affected me more than this one. No single line I have read of this book has been more true for me than this one.
— Dec 28, 2018 12:39PM
No single line I have read of this book has affected me more than this one. No single line I have read of this book has been more true for me than this one.
