This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or derided. People see bodies like m… - Roxane Gay

This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or derided.

This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or derided.

What about other women of color? For Hispanic and Latina women, Indian women, Middle Eastern women, Asian women, their absence in popular culture is even more pronounced, their need for relief just as palpable and desperate.

Sometimes we try to convince ourselves of things that are not true, reframing the past to better explain the present.