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Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison
28 reviews
monstrouscosmos's review against another edition
4.75
I did read the content warnings on Storygraph, but I really would have benefitted from content notes with chapters at the beginning of the book or at the beginning of chapters. I still would have listened, but I'd have been better prepared to do so.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Death, Eating disorder, Ableism, Body shaming, Murder, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Racism
Moderate: Transphobia, Colonisation, Classism, and Dysphoria
nahae's review
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Racism, and Death
jess_always_reading's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Fatphobia, and Transphobia
breadbummer's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Racism, Dysphoria, Murder, Fatphobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Transphobia
Minor: Confinement, Eating disorder, and Medical trauma
carbs666's review
5.0
Moderate: Police brutality, Death, Racism, and Gun violence
chlo_po's review
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Fatphobia, and Sexual violence
historicalmaterialgirl's review
4.75
I was especially struck by the chapter on desirability, which writes about insecurity as a point of political possibility to turn against the system rather than ourselves. Obviously it's complicated! But it made me feel like I could embrace the parts of myself I feel insecure about by reminding myself these insecurities stem from something outside of myself that I can push back on.
Essential reading for studying Blackness, fatness, transness and abolition. Highlyyyyyy recommend.
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Fatphobia
kaynova's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Gun violence, and Dysphoria
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
4.5
Belly of the Beast : The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness is a short book but it's still really powerful. There was a chapter on policing the fat Black body and police brutality that I had to skip for my own mental health, as I have a personal fear of police brutality after suffering from traumatic events at the hands of police. I can't say much about that chapter because I didn't finish it, however , the rest of the book was really good.
I wish there was a list of trigger warnings somewhere in the book, that was my only issue
I'm giving this a 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Racism, Slavery, Transphobia, Child death, Classism, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma
eliya's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Medical trauma, Racism, Misogyny, Death, Violence, Slavery, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Fatphobia, Sexism, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Hate crime