book » hunger: a memoir of my body by roxanne gay
Hunger tells a story that at times is hard to read. A shy, young girl is raped at the age of 12 and uses food as a way to protect herself from everyone and everything. Gay ends up weighing more than 500 pounds, and this memoir discusses what it is like to be that large in this country, from rude comments from other gym members to people taking things out of your grocery cart. Her book is heartbreaking at times, but it’s such an honest discussion of how we often define ourselves by the number on the scale or the size of clothes we wear.
tv » a million little things. abc.
I did not want to like this show. The previews seemed too much like Thirtysomething, but one of my favorite actors, James Roday, who starred in the series Psych, is part of the cast. Now, it is appointment TV or at the very least, I record it. The series focuses on a group of friends, some of whom were just stuck in life, when one of them dies. The death serves as a wake-up call to everyone. Unfortunately, the man who dies leaves behind a bit of a mess that makes everyone question everything they thought they knew. The actors are great, the story’s pace is perfect, and it’s very hard to wait a week for the next episode.
