A review by readrunsea
Starvation Mode by Elissa Washuta

5.0

I read this little essay-chapbook on an afternoon coffee-shop and bookshop hopping in London because it’s been on my shelf for a year and it’s easy to carry and it was about damn time. Elissa Washuta’s writing always really resonates and is so powerful on a craft level, and this is no exception. It’s basically an abbreviated chronicle of Washuta and America’s broken relationship to food, eating, bodies, ambition, and identity (especially for women). Healing this relationship is kind of impossible but this book is a great example of how one person can journey through different understandings of this relationship, different approaches to healing it, and different beliefs around it. Obviously I highly recommend it.