Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

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

85 reviews

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

hollowhallow13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Sexism, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Body shaming

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

ellysiap's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Fatphobia, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Eating disorder

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

oddpilot97's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Aubrey Gordon is inspiring. Listen to her podcast Maintenance Phase! I appreciate how well researched she always is while blending data with human experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Minor: Eating disorder

tree_branch's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Eating disorder

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

Well...this was a book I needed to read. I needed to read this one for me, and I needed to read this one to challenge me. 

For so long, I have fed myself the narrative that my body is bad because it's fat. My body is bad because it doesn't fi society's expectations of "good." I STILL fall for this narrative. 

Aubrey Gordon challenged my beliefs, validated my feelings, and gave me anti-fat biases to challenge in my own life.

I would recommend this a s read for any body. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical trauma, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Sexual assault