Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

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

6 reviews

msgslibrary's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

An essential entry text for the current state of fat liberation philosophy. 

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Content Warnings

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

qteabeans's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

4.0

A good primer on anti-fatness and weightism. Gordon cites her sources and ties in other people's work and voices. Clear voice and consistency of messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Classism, Death, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Bullying, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Ableism, and Acephobia/Arophobia

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

notmeganyoung's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A great primer for dismantling anti-fat bias, but not a book for someone already very familiar with fat liberation. If you listen to it from beginning to end it gets repetitive, but I suppose it’s structured that way so that you can read it out of order or just a little bit at a time. I will recommend this book to some friends and family but unfortunately I think this is the kind of book where the people who could *really* benefit from reading it will not be the ones reading it. That’s not to say it wasn’t excellently written or that there’s nothing to gain for you here if you are already a fan of Aubrey Gordon. There is a lot here that she has said before on Maintenance Phase, but there’s also new stuff here. For me though, I was missing her sense of humor and fiery passion which are so evident in her conversations. The reflection questions and opportunities for action at the end of each chapter were great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Classism

myaharmon's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Xenophobia, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Sexual assault