Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

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

163 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

laurenleigh's review

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.5

Once you get over the fact that Gordon doesn’t narrate this herself lol (this was before Maintenance Phase really took off), this is a wonderful, insightful read. I wish I had read this years ago. For those of us who have never experienced what it’s like to live in a fat body, this should be required reading. Gordon does an excellent job of weaving memoir in with cultural critique. It brings her points home in a much more visceral way. After this, go read Gordon’s latest book, and if you can, find a way to stream the recent documentary about her, Your Fat Friend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

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

ambb's review

informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Emotional abuse

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

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

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

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.