Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Doing Harm: The Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery

7 reviews

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, Cancer, Body shaming, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Transphobia

beetree's review

challenging informative sad slow-paced

3.5

This is a really important book but I found it dry and repetitive, despite being passionate about this topic. It’s structure and formatting (very long chapters sometimes) didn’t work for me and because of the repetition, I sometimes lost the point of the chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Gaslighting

Moderate: Classism, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Medical content, Ableism, Colonisation, and Medical trauma

alexisgarcia's review

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

this is definitely a hard book, especially for someone like me who has autoimmune conditions. but in that way, it was informative and validating. i would definitely recommend this but it’s good to take into account that this is a depressing read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Transphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Medical content, Ableism, Death, Infertility, Gaslighting, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Grief

kellylynnthomas's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This is an excellent and deeply reported examination of how sexism, racism, and the intersection of the two in the medical field leave women sick and in extreme cases, dead. The writing is engaging and interesting, never dry or dull. The author doesn't delve too deeply into trans issues, but explains early on that it's hard to do because of the lack of available studies and information. So, she does focus mainly on cis women, but I think all AFAB folks will find validation and the knowledge to better advocate for themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Fatphobia

arayo's review

informative sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Racism, Cancer, Infertility, Ableism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, and Classism

sbryn's review against another edition

challenging informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

betsygrace's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book is a wealth of information! Especially as someone living with endometriosis, I appreciated Dusenberry’s analysis and understanding of what it looks like for people who live with various chronic illnesses and how challenging it can be for them to get help. Great read, wish everyone medical student would read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Fatphobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Racism