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Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family by Rabia Chaudry
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challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
2.0
Picked this one for a reading challenge around the world, Pakistan.
Unfortunately I wouldn't recommend this to *anyone*. The narrator was lovely to listen to and her stories of food and family were so descriptive, sparking vivid imagery. But it was a sad, lifelong story of anti-fatness, disordered eating, body hatred and shaming, etc. with a really defensive, unhealthy ending.
If it had been written from a more healed, neutral perspective with a focus on her family, culture and food as a fat Pakistani/Desi woman, it would've been so awesome. It could've been so good.
Unfortunately I wouldn't recommend this to *anyone*. The narrator was lovely to listen to and her stories of food and family were so descriptive, sparking vivid imagery. But it was a sad, lifelong story of anti-fatness, disordered eating, body hatred and shaming, etc. with a really defensive, unhealthy ending.
If it had been written from a more healed, neutral perspective with a focus on her family, culture and food as a fat Pakistani/Desi woman, it would've been so awesome. It could've been so good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Dysphoria
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