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annieu's review
Graphic: Fatphobia and Eating disorder
Moderate: Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape, Suicide, Violence, and Transphobia
karcitis's review
4.75
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
jcstokes95's review
5.0
Gordon’s experiences throughout this book constantly reflected my own life experiences. This was nauseating because it meant remember all the screaming out of cars at me, all my anxious feelings toward dating, experiences that led me there, all the coworker questions about food, every garbage medical experience and denial of care. I had to think about all the ways I have learned to protect myself because Gordon’s own stories were reflecting that back to me. Then I thought, there is no way any thin person it going to ever get any understanding of these stories, because fat people are too afraid to tell them. We are disbelieved on any claim we make. Gordon gets to the heart of this issue as well.
Honestly, she’s slamming fact after fact down about how the abuse, intolerance and injustice serves to worsen fat people’s health outcomes. She’s telling you what any person on the tough side of the fucked BMI scale will tell you. There is very little about your body’s composition that you can control. If we could control it, wouldn’t we change it to avoid the harassment? Or do we really believe that over 30 percent of Americans are really into being negged by strangers?
The message here is inherent dignity. Every person, no matter their health, weight, attractiveness, ability level has inherent dignity. This is what we all need to hear. Gordon’s digging into what I have always found most fascinating about discriminators toward any group. The way the illusion of choice emboldens people to believe they have a say in other’s life and rights. (Choice was the core argument against gay marriage and continues to be the main argument against trans rights). It has always been bullshit.
I could pretty much talk about all my thoughts on this book for days. But I won’t. Because honestly, one of aforementioned self-protection practices I’ve learned is not sharing my every thought on fatness on the internet. So, where I will end it, every person should try to read this book. It is going to make you uncomfortable; you will be squirming in your chair the whole time. But maybe you will be able to begin confronting the ways you make life difficult for others without even knowing it.
Graphic: Fatphobia, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Body shaming
Moderate: Rape and Medical trauma
foreverinastory's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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
missbsbookshelf's review
4.5
Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Medical content, Rape, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Sexual violence
marrireadsandrambles's review
4.0
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape and Suicide
daydreamermoonwalker's review
5.0
I think that everyone should read this book, especially if you're just starting to learn about these things.
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual harassment
hannahjay's review
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Sexism, and Violence
kukushka's review
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexism
Minor: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, and Self harm
skudiklier's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Violence, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism
Moderate: Rape and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, and Stalking