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"You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
7 reviews
pacifickat's review against another edition
4.25
Aubrey does a good job of calling out systems of oppression, as well as individual complicities and microagressions that harm marginalized communities. She challenges who and what we center in society, and asks the reader to consider their reactions to being at times decentered.
What do we think of, or assume, when we think about fat people? What feelings does the word "fat" emotionally conjure in us? What about seeing a fat person? Ought we to interrogate those assumptions and feelings, granting dignity and respect to every human? How often do we actually listen to fat people and believe them at face value, or center their voices about their own bodies and experiences?
This will be a book I revisit again, especially Myth 16, 19, and 20.
Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Medical content
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Racism
Minor: Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Rape
breadbummer's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Body shaming, and Racism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Bullying, Sexual violence, and Ableism
Minor: Self harm, Incest, and Hate crime
meldasilas's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Ableism, Medical content, Misogyny, and Medical trauma
dillsbookdiary's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Violence, Death, Racism, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Terminal illness
caseythereader's review against another edition
5.0
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
skudiklier's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Death
howlinglibraries's review against another edition
As someone who has dealt with this in my own life and the lives of my loved ones since I was born, I didn't feel like I was gaining anything except the feeling of being generally miserable because the entire book up to my stopping point was such a painfully honest reminder of how so many people view fat bodies (and even "average" bodies in many countries).
Great book for a lot of people, just way too high-risk/low-reward for me with the impact this author's blunt prose had on my mental health.
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy! All thoughts are honest and my own.
✨ Representation: the author takes care to discuss the impacts of anti-fatness on BIPOC fat individuals as well as using trans-inclusive terms.
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Racism and Child abuse