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Notes on possible additions to Hunger (memoir) page
Gay describes throughout her book how her experiences have led her to feel that in the eyes of the majority of society, her body and its appearance constitutes the most defining aspect of her identity above anything else, despite her accomplishments and other attributes.

She informs the reader of what it is like to receive constant, and often vocal public protests in reaction to the appearance of her body, as people express anger and disgust towards its lack of conformity with current beauty standards. She describes how just the simple act of walking down the street can mean having to deal with negative and cruel verbal epithets: “When I am walking down the street, men lean out of their car windows and shout vulgar things at me about my body, how they see it, and how it upsets them that I am not catering to their gaze and their preferences and desires.”

Evaluation of current Hunger (memoir) page
Current page under Content section offers some very basic descriptions of the book, such as that it describes Gay's relationship with food, her body and relationships, as well as the relationship between her weight and the brutal gang rape she suffered at the age of twelve. These are good to have, I believe, but also see room for additions to the messages and content of the book.

The section titled Reception describes some positive reviews, as well as a critical one from the British magazine The Spectator, describing it as "another addition to the ever-growing canon of the suffering sisterhood of solipsism." It is debatable, but perhaps more of an explanation as to what exactly that reviewer meant by that comment and the use of the word "solipsism" might be needed. The magazine was also described as conservative in that line--Does that imply a deeper story behind the critical review, given Gay's public political stance on issues?