Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

36 reviews

hexedmaiden's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book. While I have come a long way in my life as a fat person and having been so a vast majority of my life, there was still so much in this book that I took away. I feel like this another book that I would say that everyone needs to read. It doesn't matter if you're fat, average, or skinny, everyone could learn something from this book. Because fatphobia doesn't just have an affect on fat people, fatphobia hurts everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Medical trauma, Ableism, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Homophobia

sophiestasyna's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Ableism, Medical trauma, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

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

spookyaz's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Incest, Body shaming, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

An incredible book. I love Gordon. I originally heard her through Maintenance Phase- she makes learning about health feel positive and informative. 💗

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Bullying, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

ferns80's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

ankerrigan's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

If you love the Maintenance Phase podcast, you'll love this book, which is basically an extension of the podcast's major themes. The only thing it's missing is Michael Hobbes' witty banter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Moderate: Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Transphobia, Racism, Toxic friendship, Ableism, and Police brutality

opossumble's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

caitlynlargent's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Very informative, well researched, and well written. A little less than 4 stars because I felt that a lot of the information was recycled during the different “myths”. While there is bound to be some connection, at times I felt like I had hit rewind on accident because I was hearing the same things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Medical trauma, Racism, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Transphobia