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You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

61 reviews

qteabeans's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

4.0

A good primer on anti-fatness and weightism. Gordon cites her sources and ties in other people's work and voices. Clear voice and consistency of messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

cheaploaf's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Very informative book. Easy to read and understand, not too academic. Covers a lot of issues adjacent to anti fat bias including racism, anti trans bias, etc. A good reference book to use to argue points. I think my .25 knock off is mostly there because at times it was a little repetitive, and I know Aubrey mentions that it’s kind of supposed to be sectioned so that you don’t have to read the whole book through and can just go to diff chapters for certain references/answers. But at times it did make it hard for me to read a bunch at once, but familiar mentions can be skimmed through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

caitlynlargent's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Very informative, well researched, and well written. A little less than 4 stars because I felt that a lot of the information was recycled during the different “myths”. While there is bound to be some connection, at times I felt like I had hit rewind on accident because I was hearing the same things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

dnlrbchd's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder

meldasilas's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Medical content, and Medical trauma

mystic319's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I think this book is an excellent primer on antifatness, and it was clearly researched thoroughly. It is more detached from Aubrey's usual wit and charm on Matienance Phase, as it hones in on the science quite a bit more than on the personal. I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with that, but it did make the chapters feel overloaded with a lot of information in a relatively short span of time. I also found some of the information redundant, though that is probably intentional in a book geared towards people who may have no prior exposure to antifatness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Eating disorder, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

ttorisaurus's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Dysphoria

herbodyslikeamodernart's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

everyone should read this. only docking 0.5 because occasionally her writing is roundabout and she could’ve gotten to her point more directly and stronger.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

calories/weight loss are discussed in detail but she gives warnings at the beginning of explicit chapters- helpful for those like me in ed recovery

toriffic's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Hate crime

Minor: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Dysphoria, and Deportation

bambooboy's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I don't really have words for how important this book is. 

There are years of works available to us, shouting the dangers of anti-fat bias, the lies we are told; but Aubrey Gordon lays it out, step-by-step, in a way that is accessible and digestible. It solicits empathy in its honesty. Gordon does a great job too of offering other equally important titles of equally important voices on fat people and the history and now of how we treat each other. 

I wish I could shove this into the hands of everyone I meet! I kept reading passages and rereading them and wanting to post them but then realizing I'd be posting the entire chapter because that's how good every single chapter was. 

If you're a fan of Maintenance Phase you'll love this, though be aware that tonally it isn't as silly as her and Michael get together. It's much more serious. And if you're not a fan of Maintenance Phase but like this book, you should check out Gordon's podcast! They dive deep into different health crazes/diet books/health "influencers". They have a great chemistry and it's a good way to both laugh and rage at the machine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Chronic illness, Hate crime, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Deeper discussion of content warnings below cut.

Gordon speaks in general on many topics that could be triggering, such as the medical malpractice many doctors partake in when they refuse to provide adequate healthcare for their fat patients, the general attitude toward fat people existing, etc.
She also gets into some specific stories about people who were disabled or died due to this malpractice. As a fat person Gordon also talks about all the aggressions, micro and macro, that she experiences or has experienced.

Overall the content is heavy, and I definitely suggest taking it slow, especially if you are someone who has had to deal with these traumatic experiences on the daily.