What is wrong with us? Why do we act so strangely around food and weight? “Hunger” by Roxanne Gay tackles this issue head on, honestly and poignantly. I confess that I too carry a history of weirdness about food and have not ordered French fries since 1988. There’s an actress I know in Hollywood who is so thin, every time I go to hug her I am scared to feel her ribs and shoulder bones. I knew both anorexic and bulimic friends of all sizes in high school and college.
My first husband was deathly allergic to peanuts.
I cannot name one single person I know who has a healthy relationship with food.
