And see where that’s gotten us’” in The Guardian (2018 Dec 27) On how Gay’s use of a fairy-tale format in her fictional works does not constitute an appeal to universality in “Roxane Gay: ‘Public discourse rarely allows for nuance.In fact, it’s the opposite…As a black woman, as a black queer woman, specificity is incredibly important, because diverse experiences are rarely seen in literature.On writing and personal revelations in “Roxane Gay: ‘No one is guaranteed love or affection’” in The Guardian (2018 Jun 2).And recognising that, in many ways, I was holding on to the weight for the wrong reasons and the only one that was really hurting was myself. I mostly saw how unkind I had been to myself when my body has actually gotten me through quite a lot in life. I was able to make some realisations about myself that previously I hadn’t made and it really forced me to confront my relationship not only with my body, but with food.
Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and commentator.
