She considers fatphobia a feminist issue, writing, “As a woman, as a fat woman, I am not supposed to take up space. In her 2017 book Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Gay relates stories about the rudeness she often encounters when seated next to strangers on a plane. Roxane Gay, a prominent author, has been confronting the pervasive bias against fat women. Jenny Saville Illustration by Scott Chambers
