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

53 reviews

dionnesims's review

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

I learned so much reading this. I'm encouraged to continue my body justice journey, and also like "god, things are STILL so fucked up." 4 stars because the flow was disjointed at times and read more like a trivia fact sheet than cohesive chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Ableism, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexism, Violence, Body shaming, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

buildingtaste's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Gordon is a good writer, and the autobiographical sections are beautifully written and devastatingly familiar. I did expect a little more research/fact-based stuff, but I think her next book addresses that side. The book could have used one more pass with a proofreader, that's my reason for only 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Body shaming, and Bullying

maryellen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad

5.0

This book is heartbreaking, but so, so important. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Cancer, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Ableism, and Classism

emireadsstuff's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Ableism, Bullying, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Ableism, Bullying, Racism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Classism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicide

spellygirl's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, and Chronic illness

glammster's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective

5.0

Absolutely eye opening book, 1000% recommend. Also recommend the author’s podcast, Maintenance Phase!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Ableism, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma

random19379's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Medical trauma and Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

renyoi's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I read this after listening to Gordon’s podcast, Maintenance Phase, and a lot of the talking points from that seem to be from here. This meant topics were repetitive at points—indeed, they were sometimes repetitive even within the text of the book itself—but still utterly worth knowing and learning about, especially if you are not a fat person. Gordon simplifies issues of feminism and intersectionality to a degree I don’t quite agree with, but her main points—that anti-fat bias plagues every facet of our society and that we need to turn to the lens of justice to rectify that—are necessary and critical for any conscionable person to understand.  I admire this book’s vulnerability and persuasiveness greatly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Medical trauma and Eating disorder

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Misogyny