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_judegray_'s review against another edition
Didn't quiet finish this and at a certain point I started skipping around. With so many voices in this anthology, while each brought something a little new to the table and every person will find at least one story that speaks to them, it still just kind of started to get repetitive.
Some of these stories I really liked! But for the most part, you can tell this is a book written for teens and as a 27 year old, that sucks. It made me feel a little like I was supposed to stop hating myself by the time my teens ended. Not what the authors intended, I'm sure, but it's there.
Some of these stories I really liked! But for the most part, you can tell this is a book written for teens and as a 27 year old, that sucks. It made me feel a little like I was supposed to stop hating myself by the time my teens ended. Not what the authors intended, I'm sure, but it's there.
sarahc_v's review
2.5
Oof I feel bad giving this such a low rating, but the audiobook deserves it. I liked the content of the book, but I think it should have existed only as a book and not as an audiobook - there were so many sections that contained drawings (which can't translate to audio) and OMG some of the narrators were SO BAD, it was honestly painful to listen to. I liked the contents of the essays and some of them (especially Amy Spalding's) I thought were great, but boy was it tough to listen to.
heathersbike's review against another edition
5.0
This is an extraordinary book. I wish I had body positivity when I was growing up. I spent way too much time eating yogurt and worrying about how I looked. For someone who never worried about makeup or hair, weight fixation took time I could have been doing better things.
travelsinfiction's review against another edition
4.0
The Other F Word, edited by Angie Manfredi is a collection of essays, poetry, art and prose all about fat acceptance. What I specifically appreciated from this collection was the variety of perspectives we heard from. As stated at the beginning, discussions around being fat are so often from cis, able bodied, white women. The focus on featuring a variety of perspectives and intersections with being fat was therefore essential and provides a diverse range of experiences.
I really appreciated the depiction of being fat in its entirety. At its heart, this book is a celebration of fat acceptance and body positivity, but that's not to say that hard discussions about that struggle to come to terms with accepting your body as it is don't also feature. In fact, because fatphobia is so rife within society, overcoming that societal expectation that if you're fat, you need to 'lose weight' is a big hurdle and step into loving yourself.
Some particular passages I resonated with were the discussions around exercise. Specifically, wanting to exercise as a fat person to feel strong and to experience your body in a different way, not to "lose weight"
I've rated this book 4.5 stars, only because some parts felt a little repetitive with similar conversations happening. However, that is not necessarily a bad thing - as it shows that even throughout a variety of different perspectives, some experiences of being fat overlap and are universal.
Overall, this book both resonated with me, and also highlighted where fatphobic thinking is still ingrained within me. I would highly encourage everyone to read this book - no matter your body size.
I really appreciated the depiction of being fat in its entirety. At its heart, this book is a celebration of fat acceptance and body positivity, but that's not to say that hard discussions about that struggle to come to terms with accepting your body as it is don't also feature. In fact, because fatphobia is so rife within society, overcoming that societal expectation that if you're fat, you need to 'lose weight' is a big hurdle and step into loving yourself.
Some particular passages I resonated with were the discussions around exercise. Specifically, wanting to exercise as a fat person to feel strong and to experience your body in a different way, not to "lose weight"
I've rated this book 4.5 stars, only because some parts felt a little repetitive with similar conversations happening. However, that is not necessarily a bad thing - as it shows that even throughout a variety of different perspectives, some experiences of being fat overlap and are universal.
Overall, this book both resonated with me, and also highlighted where fatphobic thinking is still ingrained within me. I would highly encourage everyone to read this book - no matter your body size.
travelsinfiction's review against another edition
4.0
Actual 4.5 stars.
The Other F Word, edited by Angie Manfredi is a collection of essays, poetry, art and prose all about fat acceptance. What I specifically appreciated from this collection was the variety of perspectives we heard from. As stated at the beginning, discussions around being fat are so often from cis, able bodied, white women. The focus on featuring a variety of perspectives and intersections with being fat was therefore essential and provides a diverse range of experiences.
I really appreciated the depiction of being fat in its entirety. At its heart, this book is a celebration of fat acceptance and body positivity, but that's not to say that hard discussions about that struggle to come to terms with accepting your body as it is don't also feature. In fact, because fatphobia is so rife within society, overcoming that societal expectation that if you're fat, you need to 'lose weight' is a big hurdle and step into loving yourself.
Some particular passages I resonated with were the discussions around exercise. Specifically, wanting to exercise as a fat person to feel strong and to experience your body in a different way, not to "lose weight"
I've rated this book 4 stars, only because some parts felt a little repetitive with similar conversations happening. However, that is not necessarily a bad thing - as it shows that even throughout a variety of different perspectives, some experiences of being fat overlap and are universal.
Overall, this book both resonated with me, and also highlighted where fatphobic thinking is still ingrained within me. I would highly encourage everyone to read this book - no matter your body size.
The Other F Word, edited by Angie Manfredi is a collection of essays, poetry, art and prose all about fat acceptance. What I specifically appreciated from this collection was the variety of perspectives we heard from. As stated at the beginning, discussions around being fat are so often from cis, able bodied, white women. The focus on featuring a variety of perspectives and intersections with being fat was therefore essential and provides a diverse range of experiences.
I really appreciated the depiction of being fat in its entirety. At its heart, this book is a celebration of fat acceptance and body positivity, but that's not to say that hard discussions about that struggle to come to terms with accepting your body as it is don't also feature. In fact, because fatphobia is so rife within society, overcoming that societal expectation that if you're fat, you need to 'lose weight' is a big hurdle and step into loving yourself.
Some particular passages I resonated with were the discussions around exercise. Specifically, wanting to exercise as a fat person to feel strong and to experience your body in a different way, not to "lose weight"
I've rated this book 4 stars, only because some parts felt a little repetitive with similar conversations happening. However, that is not necessarily a bad thing - as it shows that even throughout a variety of different perspectives, some experiences of being fat overlap and are universal.
Overall, this book both resonated with me, and also highlighted where fatphobic thinking is still ingrained within me. I would highly encourage everyone to read this book - no matter your body size.
raeofpurple's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
lucaisapenguin's review against another edition
DNF at 56%
- I really enjoyed the first few essays but the messaging got repetitive very quickly. About 1/3 of the way in it felt like there was nothing new to learn.
sabesaw's review against another edition
So, I dont want to rate this book because it wouldn't be fair of me. I read the first two essays and loved them. Once I got to the third one I realized just how much it eas targeted at teens. I knew going into this book that the target audience was teens, but sense I read a lot of teen books I thought it wojld be okay. This wasn't the first teen non-fiction I had read as an adult. While I enjoyed what I was reading, it made me feel good about certain things and I loved what the writers had to say. I couldn't keep reading, I felt like I was too old for it to be too meaningful to me. I felt like a lot of the advice im the tried story was too young for me. I didn't want to sift through stories to find ones that applied to me. So even though I only read the first 2.5 essays I did enjoy what I read and would highly recommend to any teenager, just not to many adults.