Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

36 reviews

meldasilas's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

leefox's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Racism

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: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Ableism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

toriffic's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

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

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.

carlaah1984's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Medical trauma, Ableism, Mental illness, Bullying, and Eating disorder

dillsbookdiary's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

this book was phenomenal! my main complaint, as someone who read it from beginning to end, is that there were several chapters that had 2-3 pages functionally repeating something said in a previous chapter. however, because this book was explicitly written with the intention of people reading it as separate entries, it didnt bother me that much. just something to note! aubrey did a fantastic job, as per usual, and even as someone who is fairly well versed in body liberation i still learned a ton that i was not previously aware of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Violence, Death, Racism, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Terminal illness

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Racism, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Gaslighting, Death, Transphobia, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Self harm, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing and Addiction

moonytoast's review against another edition

informative reflective

4.0

this is my coming out as a maintenance phase girlie

while this touches on a number of things already discussed by aubrey and michael in various episodes of their podcast, i think it does a great job as the maintenance phase: extended mythbusters edition and i appreciate the importance it calls to intersectionality and inclusion of further reading suggestions like fearing the black body. definitely recommend for those actively doing the work to unlearn their anti-fat bias and the myths we have been told about diet culture!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Medical trauma

aliciawhatsthestory's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Medical trauma