The Incredible Shrinking Woman

I have made myself so invisible that the destination is no longer important

Athena Dixon
Gay Mag
Published in
8 min readMay 1, 2019

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II know the difficulties of navigating a fat body on a plane. It starts by tucking my arms and narrowing enough to make it down the aisle while ignoring the eyes of the first-class passengers. It’s an exercise in praying no one is already buckled into the end seat and hoping that just…

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Athena Dixon
Gay Mag

Author of The Loneliness Files (Tin House 2023) and The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press 2020). Philadelphia. www.athenadixon.com