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camillatd's review
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, and Fatphobia
beca_reads's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This book is empowering and is going to help a lot of people. My main concern going into this book, was that it wasn't going to be intersectional but I was proven wrong. Essie discuss the link between being queer and body image. I liked that she talked about her childhood, I feel that this is commonly overlooked when discussing body positivity. They also talk sensitively about eating disorders within the LGBTQIA+ community, what I truly appreciated was Essie interviewing a range of people from the community as it shared a wider perspective. I could also tell that this was well researched throughout which made for an overall good reading experience.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder
reallife_kazbrekker's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
I'm very thankful to have received an ARC for this book from Netgalley.
This book was so much better than I expected!
When I went into this book I was expecting that the author was not going to mention disabled people and how they are often times left out of the body positivity movement, but to my surprise (and delight) the author did mention it. The author themselves is disabled, so that's probably why they mentioned it, but still. I was so happy that disabled people were talked about when it comes to this subject!
This book has some great quotes as well, that I definitely wanna try and get a physical copy of this so I can annotate it. Here are some of my personal favorite quotes:
"You are worthy of companionship regardless of what your body looks like."
"This reluctance to give your body the right medicine in case you gain weight is a perfect example of why fat phobia is so damaging."
Both of these quotes, and lots of other ones as well, resonate with me a lot. Some of the subjects talked about in this book hit way closer to home than I expected, so it seems that I need to work through some... issues that I have. Obviously a single book is not gonna fix all of those, but I definitely helped me realize what some of my issues towards my body were caused by.
So yeah, definitely gonna buy a physical copy of this book and annotated it, because having some of the best quotes in this book in my notes app on my phone seems a bit weird...
Edit: Bought a physical copy, reread it and annotated it! Still highly recommend this book, it's great!
This book was so much better than I expected!
When I went into this book I was expecting that the author was not going to mention disabled people and how they are often times left out of the body positivity movement, but to my surprise (and delight) the author did mention it. The author themselves is disabled, so that's probably why they mentioned it, but still. I was so happy that disabled people were talked about when it comes to this subject!
This book has some great quotes as well, that I definitely wanna try and get a physical copy of this so I can annotate it. Here are some of my personal favorite quotes:
"You are worthy of companionship regardless of what your body looks like."
"This reluctance to give your body the right medicine in case you gain weight is a perfect example of why fat phobia is so damaging."
Both of these quotes, and lots of other ones as well, resonate with me a lot. Some of the subjects talked about in this book hit way closer to home than I expected, so it seems that I need to work through some... issues that I have. Obviously a single book is not gonna fix all of those, but I definitely helped me realize what some of my issues towards my body were caused by.
So yeah, definitely gonna buy a physical copy of this book and annotated it, because having some of the best quotes in this book in my notes app on my phone seems a bit weird...
Edit: Bought a physical copy, reread it and annotated it! Still highly recommend this book, it's great!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia
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