“I don’t know how things got so out of control, or I do. This is my refrain. Losing control of my body… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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“Losing control of my body was a matter of accretion. I began eating to change my body. I was willful in this.… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image