Reviews tagging 'Classism'

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

9 reviews

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

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

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

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

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

karcitis's review

dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Medical content, Violence, Rape, Racism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Ableism

Minor: Transphobia, Classism, Chronic illness, Cancer, Abortion, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Fatphobia, Bullying, Classism, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

foreverinastory's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Everyone needs to read this!!! Especially if you are not fat.

CWs: Fatphobia, body shaming, medical trauma, eating disorder, medical content, sexual harassment, bullying, ableism, misogyny, hate crime, sexual violence, threats of rape, sexism, emotional abuse, violence, gaslighting, death, transphobia/transmisia, classism. Moderate: queerphobia/queermisia, racism, dysphoria, chronic illness, cancer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Ableism, Misogyny, Rape, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Bullying, Violence, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Dysphoria, Chronic illness, and Cancer

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

5.0

I could write pages and pages of my thoughts on this book but they all boil down to this one:

➡️ Everyone should read this. ⬅️

Aubrey Gordon is brilliant, engaging, emotionally vulnerable and inspiring. In 165 pages she gives an incredibly well-researched yet personal account of the costs of anti-fatness through an intersectional lens. And like every stain on American culture, the costs of anti-fatness are high and affect all of us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment