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This book is very interesting and made me think a lot about fatfobic beliefs I have about society and about myself. I enjoyed hearing statistics, history, personal stories and hope for our future to not put so much stock on weight, size, age, skin etc.
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challenging
informative
inspiring
If you're already somewhat familiar with the concepts of fat activism, fatphobia, diet culture, health at every size, etc. some of this will be fairly redundant. However, I think as a book, for laypeople, it's broad but comprehensive in its scope of dismantling cultural bias and hostility against weight gain, fatness, and fat people. Obviously it's not the only analysis on this topic, and does not pretend to be so, but I think makes for a good foundation.
In terms of what was new to me, I especially appreciated her dissections of philosophical and ethical arguments against fatphobia and diet culture. It's clearly her specialty and it's an angle I don't hear much on. Obviously, it's relatively easy now to learn about the harms of fatphobia and beauty standards. But viewing them through the lens of ethical philosophy, as stuffy as it may sound, makes for a very human approach to these issues.
In terms of what was new to me, I especially appreciated her dissections of philosophical and ethical arguments against fatphobia and diet culture. It's clearly her specialty and it's an angle I don't hear much on. Obviously, it's relatively easy now to learn about the harms of fatphobia and beauty standards. But viewing them through the lens of ethical philosophy, as stuffy as it may sound, makes for a very human approach to these issues.
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hopeful
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medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
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True, accurate, and deeply depressing. Feels validating to have the problem identified, but defeating that there really is no cure for it. Fat phobia will persist and it is unnerving to read about how insidious it is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia
So deeply appreciate the work that was put into the book. It is so hard to dismantle fatphobia and this book gave me a lot of great things to think about!
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced