Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

39 reviews

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Addiction and Cursing

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia and Xenophobia

sharleight's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

5.0

As a fat person, I have a lot of feelings regarding all of the insightful research and perspectives in this book. Aubrey Gordon is wonderful. This is a must read for anyone looking to expand their knowledge around fat liberation and body acceptance, as well as anyone interested in unpacking their own implicit biases.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Transphobia

throwback682's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

5.0

This book was very informative, with a mixture of peer reviewed research and personal experiences of the author and others. Each myth was discussed in detail and then followed by questions for self reflection and/or concrete suggestions for actions to take in support of fat acceptance. The author does a great job of explaining both the systemic and personal impacts of anti fatness, as well as how it interacts with other systems of oppression such as racism, misogyny, or ableism. As someone who is small fat (US women’s size 18) I feel I learned a lot about how to address fatphobia that is leveled towards me, but also how to be a better ally to those fatter than me. As the author notes, its chapters could easily be read out of order if there are certain myths that appeal (or challenge you) more. This book also contains many suggestions for further reading throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

rblue7's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia and Toxic friendship

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

Another well done, informative, and mindful piece by Aubrey. I loved the format of this book, though I thought there would be a bit more storytelling as opposed to text-book-like content like her first book. Still loved it, still incredible information, just wish there would have been more narrative. 
All in all, a must read for a great intro to fat activism and to start unpacking anti-fat bias. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, and Classism

lisbethleftwich's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia