Body Image by Krystal Alexandria https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp Made with the best of intentions en-us 2018-10-23 18:58:35 UTC 2025-10-23 00:12:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Page 5. djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296161787 I wish I had the kind of strength and willpower to tell you a triumphant story. This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or derided. People see bodies like mine and make their assumptions. This is not a story of triumph, but this is a story that demands to be told and deserves to be heard. This is a book about my body, about my hunger and ultimately, this a book about disappearing and being lost and wanting so very much wanting to be seen and understood. This is a book about learning, however slowly, to allow myself to be seen and understood.]]> 2018-10-23 19:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296161787 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296184214 2018-10-23 20:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296184214 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296185144 2018-10-23 20:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296185144 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296186067 2018-10-23 20:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296186067 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296186575 2018-10-23 20:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296186575 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296186980 2018-10-23 20:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296186980 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296187152 2018-10-23 20:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296187152 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296187374 2018-10-23 20:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296187374 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296187561 2018-10-23 20:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296187561 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296188775 2018-10-23 20:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296188775 Page 39 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296188833 I write around what happened because I don't want my family to have these terrible images in their heads. I don't want them to know what I endured and then kept secret for more than twenty-five years. I don't want my lover seeing only a moment from my assault when they look at me. I don't want them to think me more fragile than I am. I am stronger than I am broken.I don't want them, or anyone, to think I am nothing more than the worst thing that has ever happened to me. I want to protect the people I love. I want to protect myself. My story is mine, and on most days, I wish I could bury that story, somewhere deep where I might be free of it. But. It has been thirty years and, inexplicably, I might be free ]]> 2018-10-23 20:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296188833 Page 41 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296194355 So many years past being raped, I tell myself what happened is "in the past." This is only partly true. In too many ways, the past is still with me. The past sometimes feels like it might kill me. It is a very heavy burden. ]]> 2018-10-23 20:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296194355 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296195903 2018-10-23 20:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296195903 Reading this book brought up emotions that I can not explain. It's an unexplained emotion that comes out not too often. djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296196000 2018-10-23 20:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296196000 Not every story is a triumph story. Everyone has their own story that breaks them down in different ways. Seeing how Roxane describes her need of help as "hunger" seems different and interesting as to how she describes the way shes hungry for help. djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296196793 2018-10-23 21:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296196793 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296199050 2018-10-23 21:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296199050 Hunger djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296199423 a Memoir of (My) Body 
Roxane Gay]]> 2018-10-23 21:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296199423 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296199701 2018-10-23 21:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296199701 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296199972 2018-10-23 21:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296199972 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200254 2018-10-23 21:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200254 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200261 2018-10-23 21:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200261 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200332 2018-10-23 21:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200332 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200465 2018-10-23 21:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200465 djcrissangel321 https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200784 2018-10-23 21:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/djcrissangel321/lzk3wm05avxp/wish/296200784