Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

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

3 reviews

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

knit_the_resistance's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

If you haven't listened to Maintenance Phase, you probably should. Everyone should listen to/read this book, it's important. 
However.
If I'm not mistaken, the book is a series of blog posts or essays strung together. Or at least that's how they read. Rarely have I listened to a book that needed editing for continuity more. It is so intensely repetitive --even within the same essay, let alone among chapters, that it was hard to maintain attention at times. 
The author relies on the wire deep and deeply. I found myself counting the repetitions. Frustrating, because I like the podcast.
But the podcast feels like haranguing, and the book feels like the podcast. So. I didn't love it, but it's important. 
One minor comment: the last chapter deals with "fat phobia is the last sanctioned form of discrimination" but goes on to discuss the countless other forms of discrimination in American society. It very pointedly does not mention antisemitism, which I found an interesting oversight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Bullying, Medical content, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Ableism, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

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

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