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Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives by

4 reviews

iheartm4m's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Biphobia, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Violence, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Mental illness, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.25

Thank you to Netgalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for an arc of this book.

This anthology combines a myriad of fat and queer voices to tell stories about the intersection of life when one is both fat and queer.  There are many voices represented in this book and they express their stories in different ways: essays, poetry, stories. 

I really enjoyed the diversity of voices represented throughout this anthology. Not only people with different queer identities, but also different races, ethnicities, backgrounds, and reasons for being fat. This book made me think about a lot of things I have never really considered about myself and how my fat and queer body interacts with the world. I feel like I learned a great deal from reading this book.

The only thing that bothered me was that similar voices seemed to be grouped together so that it felt like I was reading very similar essays all right in a row. I think I would  have enjoyed it more if these similar topics were more spread out throughout the anthology.

Pub Date: May 21, 2021

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

looney_moons's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

This anthology was an absolute treat to read. It brought a fresh perspective on Queerness and on being fat. It was nuanced, carefully curated, and most importantly, it was so incredibly well written through and through. This is an absolute must read, whether you're fat or not, or queer or not. Specifically for me, the essay 'A Fat Lot of Good That Did: How an Art Studio Transformed My Eyes' by Jerome Stueart was a hard-hitting experience to read. It deals with not acknowledging, or not knowing, what you actually look like, and as a trans person, this really hit home. While I am not fat, and cannot relate to the experience of being fat, I am Queer, and reading about queerness and gender in this way was very affirming for me. The aspect that dealt with fatness simply gave me a perspective that is not my own, but one that I enjoyed and learned from immensely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Racism