The Australian journalist and founder of women’s website Mamamia interviewed Gay on her podcast about her memoir, which focuses on her relationship with her body and battles with weight. Her name rang a bell but never called for further investigation until a screencap of her website appeared on my Twitter feed. I must admit that I had no idea who Freedman was until this week. It’s a shame that much of those achievements have been somewhat overshadowed by the insensitivity and self-serving hypocrisies of a woman called Mia Freedman. I sincerely hope that she has found some satisfaction during this period, and been able to celebrate the end of the long and extremely difficult process of writing such a personal memoir. She appeared on The Daily Show for a striking and immensely moving interview with Trevor Noah she made the cover of the Village Voice and has appeared in publications ranging from Elle to The New York Times. On the week of the release of her latest book, Hunger, writer and academic Roxane Gay has been busy on the promotional trail.
