Tanya Mosley

Some of the things that you heard other women experience in the Marine Corps and some of the things that you experienced, they weren't just snide comments, middle school talk. There was a real sense that you had to guard yourself and your body and kind of work in a real strategic way to not, I mean, just to say it flat out, to not be raped or sexually assaulted.

Some of the things that you heard other women experience in the Marine Corps and some of the things that you experienced, they weren't just snide comments, middle school talk. There was a real sense that you had to guard yourself and your body and kind of work in a real strategic way to not, I mean, just to say it flat out, to not be raped or sexually assaulted.

You were sexually assaulted. You were raped. And even in your own experience, you were fearful of telling a superior what happened to you.

You were sexually assaulted. You were raped. And even in your own experience, you were fearful of telling a superior what happened to you.

You were sexually assaulted. You were raped. And even in your own experience, you were fearful of telling a superior what happened to you.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest today is Bailey Williams, a Marine Corps veteran and the author of the new book, Hollow. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. This is Fresh Air, and today I'm talking to Bailey Williams about her new book, Hollow, a memoir of my body in the Marines.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest today is Bailey Williams, a Marine Corps veteran and the author of the new book, Hollow. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. This is Fresh Air, and today I'm talking to Bailey Williams about her new book, Hollow, a memoir of my body in the Marines.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest today is Bailey Williams, a Marine Corps veteran and the author of the new book, Hollow. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. This is Fresh Air, and today I'm talking to Bailey Williams about her new book, Hollow, a memoir of my body in the Marines.

At 18, Williams enlisted in the Marine Corps, partly to escape a strict Mormon upbringing. But what she found was an environment similar to the one she grew up in. one that required her to keep secrets about sexual advances and overtures from her superiors and other Marines.

At 18, Williams enlisted in the Marine Corps, partly to escape a strict Mormon upbringing. But what she found was an environment similar to the one she grew up in. one that required her to keep secrets about sexual advances and overtures from her superiors and other Marines.

At 18, Williams enlisted in the Marine Corps, partly to escape a strict Mormon upbringing. But what she found was an environment similar to the one she grew up in. one that required her to keep secrets about sexual advances and overtures from her superiors and other Marines.

And to prove her worth, Williams pushed her body to extremes, running for hours a day and suffering from a debilitating eating disorder. She was honorably discharged in 2011 after three years of service, and her memoir details her experiences and how she found her way out. Bailey, your superiors did in their own way try to help you, but it was almost like, tell me you're okay versus are you okay?

And to prove her worth, Williams pushed her body to extremes, running for hours a day and suffering from a debilitating eating disorder. She was honorably discharged in 2011 after three years of service, and her memoir details her experiences and how she found her way out. Bailey, your superiors did in their own way try to help you, but it was almost like, tell me you're okay versus are you okay?

And to prove her worth, Williams pushed her body to extremes, running for hours a day and suffering from a debilitating eating disorder. She was honorably discharged in 2011 after three years of service, and her memoir details her experiences and how she found her way out. Bailey, your superiors did in their own way try to help you, but it was almost like, tell me you're okay versus are you okay?

Is that how you interpreted their concern?

Is that how you interpreted their concern?

Is that how you interpreted their concern?

There's this moment in the book where you do meet with a dietician. And I'm bringing this up because I also would love to delve into what might have helped you, like that wraparound care that you talk about. But also when you met with this dietician, she gives you the all clear and you clock it that she actually has an eating disorder too.

There's this moment in the book where you do meet with a dietician. And I'm bringing this up because I also would love to delve into what might have helped you, like that wraparound care that you talk about. But also when you met with this dietician, she gives you the all clear and you clock it that she actually has an eating disorder too.

There's this moment in the book where you do meet with a dietician. And I'm bringing this up because I also would love to delve into what might have helped you, like that wraparound care that you talk about. But also when you met with this dietician, she gives you the all clear and you clock it that she actually has an eating disorder too.