Hilde Ostby, a renowned cultural critic and writer, is a subject of a feminist portrait. She has spent most of her adult life obsessing over her belly, a trait she has always struggled with. Ostby, who is from an academic home where intellect was prioritized, reflects on her life and the reasons behind her obsession. She explains that she spent 30 years obsessing over her belly, a period that would have been equivalent to Knaussgard's My Struggle.