Teacher

Roxane Gay on body image

Below are the best resources we could find featuring roxane gay about body image.

FindCenter Teacher Placeholder
FindCenter Video Image

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . .

book
Roxane Gay
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
01:19:54

Roxane Gay Reads from Difficult Women and Talks with Saeed Jones

The author of Bad Feminist, Gay has two new books on the way: the short-story collection Difficult Women and Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. She reads from Difficult Women, followed by a conversation with BuzzFeed’s Saeed Jones.

video
Roxane Gay
2017
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Roxane Gay: ‘My Body Is a Cage of My Own Making’

Strangers remove food from her shopping trolley, humiliate her in the gym and refuse to sit next to her on planes. How did size get to be such a big deal?

article
Roxane Gay
2017
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Roxane Gay on Clothes in the Workplace: 'I Have Never Been Good at Dressing Like a Woman'

High heels, stockings and makeup – employers have long dictated the appearance of female employees. In an extract from a new book, the writer and commentator talks about finding comfort and confidence through her clothes.

article
Roxane Gay
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
01:23:51

An Evening with Roxane Gay

One of today’s most influential voices writing about gender, sexuality, race, and the issues confronting women as they navigate a difficult and often hostile world, Roxane Gay tackles today’s big subjects with a piercing intellect, engaging empathy, and often heartbreaking personal disclosures.

video
Roxane Gay
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
07:21

Roxane Gay—Fitting Into the World in “Hunger” | The Daily Show

Author Roxane Gay opens up about the childhood attack that led to her weight gain, the unwelcome advice she gets daily and writing a different kind of memoir as a fat woman.

video
Roxane Gay
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
01:14:13

Roxane Gay Talks “Hunger” And “Not That Bad” In DC

Roxane Gay discusses her books, “Hunger” And “Not That Bad”, at a Politics and Prose event at Sixth and I on 6/13/18.

video
Roxane Gay
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Loader Image

EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS

EXPLORE RELATED TEACHERS

UP NEXT

Audre Lorde