Hunger is a deeply personal memoir from one of our finest writers, and tells a story that hasn't yet been told but needs to be. With the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen. In Hunger, she casts an insightful and critical eye on her childhood, teens, and twenties-including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life-and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life. As a woman who describes her own body as “wildly undisciplined,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Roxane Gay is an award-winning pop culture powerhouse whose writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories. New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. Chase sits down with the worlds top creators, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders and unpacks actionable, valuable insights to help you live your dreams in career, hobby, and life. She regularly contributes to TeleSUR English, the Central American news network. Kim has contributed to Cosmopolitan, MTV, NBC, Larry King Now, Buzzfeed and the CBC, both independently and alongside her husband Tiq Milan. That violence forever changed the way she views her body and how she interacts with the world. With great openness, she welcomes difficult conversations hosting community dialogues and sharing practical strategies around sexuality and consent, queer and trans allyship and anti-racism and equity. The story is heart-wrenching and warped Gay’s formative years as she entered her teens.
As a social entrepreneur, she speaks to the opportunities and challenges for women in business and leadership roles. She uniquely weaves together the historical context, statistical analysis, as well as current events.Ī public researcher, consultant and human rights educator, Kim has shared hundreds of unique resources and presentations around intersectional issues including race, ability and gender. She is dedicated to inclusivity and invested in arousing a sense of curiosity and empathy in her audience. Kim is the co-founder and Executive Director of The People Project, an initiative to bring forth local and international community development for queer and trans folks of color and their allies through alternative education, art-activism and collaboration.Īs an educator, Kim travels around the world talking to people about justice, equity and human rights. Kim Katrin Milan - A daughter of the diaspora - Afro-Caribbean, Venezuelan Arawak, Indian and Scottish, hailing from Trinidad and living between Toronto and New York - Kim Katrin Milan is an acclaimed educator, writer and artist.