Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

39 reviews

kimac2's review against another edition

4.5

A good read. I listen to Maintenance Phase podcast so I had heard a lot of the statistics and ideas before but there were also some I hadn’t. While being heartbreaking it does end with a hopeful message for the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment

keetham's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Good book, very helpful info. I listen to her podcast though (Maintenance Phase) so not a lot was particularly new 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

maddramaqueen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book rocks.  Literally everyone should at least try to read it.  I recognize that it can be triggering, and it was for me, but especially for straight-size people who have not experienced anti-fat bias on a societal level this is absolutely necessary.  Even as a fat person myself I learned so much about the violence facing those fatter than me that I was entirely unaware of.

If you can't handle the topics covered, I fully understand.  I'm in eating disorder recovery myself and this topic was triggering for me.  But the final chapter is one of the greatest pieces of activist writing I've ever read and I think everyone should read that chapter *at least*.  

Thank you so much for writing this, Aubrey Gordon.  It will be an oft recommended book in my future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Death, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Classism, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Colonisation, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Stalking, and Terminal illness

alexlily's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Higher recommend all of Aubrey Gordon's work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Bullying, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

matcha_cat's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Stalking, Ableism, and Misogyny

Minor: Death and Sexual assault

emmaleemay21's review

So triggering. Listening to the horrible abuses people like me face is getting bad for my mental health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Ableism and Hate crime

Very bleak descriptions of fat people being abused. Be wary if this hits close to home.

mads_jpg's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

I started the audiobook of this and immediately switched to reading a physical copy so I could annotate the hell out of it because it's written so well! 

I went into this book thinking I had a good grip on the general ideas behind body positivity/neutrality and harmful beauty standards but man, the situation is so much worse than I could have ever imagined. Gordon's research combined with her personal experiences are truly eye-opening. I even read the section about planes while on one, and it made me view the situation in an entirely new light. 

Another one to add to the list of "should be mandatory reading for all human beings".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Death, Bullying, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

lou_christie's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Ableism, and Sexism

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Body shaming, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, Misogyny, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Chronic illness, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Classism, Transphobia, and Biphobia