Intellectually, I do not equate thinness with happiness. I … - Roxane Gay

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Intellectually, I do not equate thinness with happiness. I could wake up thin tomorrow and I would still carry the same baggage I have been hauling around for almost thirty years. I would still bear the scar tissue of many of those years as a fat person in a cruel world.

Roxane Gay
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

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Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and commentator.

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