Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison

2 reviews

monstrouscosmos's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

definitely a hard listen, but I'm glad to have done it. while there is some historical rooting I appreciate that it mostly stayed in the realm of contemporary experience (the author's own and those of others). I think it's a necessary read for anyone interested in embodied experiences broadly (but esp along intersections of race, gender, and age). 

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

qubilahshabazz's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

Really incredible book. I love the way the author connects the dots and really underscores how anti-Blackness and anti-fatness are one in the same. I appreciated hearing more about the fat Black trans masc experience and I also appreciated the ways in which the author noted how society feminizes and masculinizes bodies depending on whether you’re thin or fat or dark skin or light or white. Really really critical stuff in this book. Highly recommend it to anyone who is trying to make sense of desirability politics within the context of Blackness and fatness.

I wish the text was a little longer hence my 4.75 rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fatphobia, Racism, and Transphobia