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“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
8 reviews
msgslibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Mental illness, Ableism, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racism, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Genocide, Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Violence
kelleykamanda's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Bullying, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse
cheaploaf's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Eating disorder, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia
toriffic's review against another edition
5.0
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
5.0
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.
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.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.
katekatiekait's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming
Moderate: Eating disorder, Ableism, Fatphobia, Racism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Transphobia, and Dysphoria
Minor: Colonisation, Dysphoria, Police brutality, and Classism
caseythereader's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Ableism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Fatphobia, Classism, Death, Misogyny, and Racism
Minor: Xenophobia and Homophobia
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Medical trauma, Bullying, and Body shaming