Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Committee Chair
Christa Parravani
Committee Co-Chair
Brian Broome
Committee Member
Brian Broome
Committee Member
Sarah Manguso
Abstract
Control Freak Loser Bitches Need Love, Too is a personal essay collection examining how author Megan Williams attempts to obsessively control her own body after suffering sexual harassment and assault in her girlhood. Even a decade later, Williams grapples with the shame of being silenced due to her weight. She shrinks down one-hundred and fifty pounds in the hopes of making a body that is hers and hers alone, but finds hunger cannot heal her. Through narrative, lyric, and experimental storytelling, Williams weaves a devastating, humorous, and warm tapestry about the ways we get worse before we get better.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Megan Lynne, "Control Freak Loser Bitches Need Love, Too" (2024). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 12414.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/12414