queer &mdash; verity's correspondance book https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/tag:queer reactions and lil posts Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:56:48 +0000 Milk Fed, Melissa Broder https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/milk-fed-melissa-broder <![CDATA[It starts when Rachel's therapist challenges her to set boundaries with her mother - no communication for 90 days - her mother who shaped her own view of her body and fatness; nudged her over the years into a life defined by calorie restriction It essentially skirts around this orthorexia without calling it an eating disorder, but fittingly the story embraces queerness and a delight in the female body. Rachel's initial self-loathing evolves into rejoicing in eating and food: there is a lovely dinner scene with lush descriptions of Jewish home cooking. Lots of themes of family, faith and romance/lust ymmv, but I found the sexual fantasies quite heavy-handed bittersweet ending. No tragic lesbians here, but it's not a happy ever after either. #books #queer]]> It starts when Rachel's therapist challenges her to set boundaries with her mother – no communication for 90 days – her mother who shaped her own view of her body and fatness; nudged her over the years into a life defined by calorie restriction

It essentially skirts around this orthorexia without calling it an eating disorder, but fittingly the story embraces queerness and a delight in the female body. Rachel's initial self-loathing evolves into rejoicing in eating and food: there is a lovely dinner scene with lush descriptions of Jewish home cooking.

  • Lots of themes of family, faith and romance/lust
  • ymmv, but I found the sexual fantasies quite heavy-handed
  • bittersweet ending. No tragic lesbians here, but it's not a happy ever after either.

#books #queer

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