this is appalling /Kni2nKpvkp- courtney robinson June 13, 2017įor an author who's new book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, and past work in part considers the dehumanizing effects of that very kind of nastiness, it pretty much proves Gay's point.Įven as she lamented that the focus had partially shifted away from her book (“Really? This is the story?”) and toward the thoughtless cruelty of one particular podcast, Gay also told the New York Times on Tuesday that the episode description was proof positive of just the kind of nasty body-shaming that she faces and unpacks in the book: When good intentions just do so much damage. “How many steps will she have to take to get to the interview?” “Will she fit into the office lift?” read the episode description of No Filter, a show hosted by Australian website called Mamamia. The offending language, if you're not familiar, actually came from the description of a podcast episode, a podcast that was hosting Gay. The justly celebrated, Indiana-based feminist writer responded on Tuesday to an awful bout of fat-phobia that was recently directed at her-and which prompted a wave of ire. Roxane Gay won't be derailed by anyone's body-shaming bigotry.
