Reviews with content warning for Body shaming - What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

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

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massivepizzacrust's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I should say I'm not really who this book is about, as a straight-sized person. Though I've had plenty of bad experiences related to my weight, including a doctor telling me that just in case I was planning on being pregnant soon, I should really consider losing weight (I was in college and saw her for an ear infection), I've never had to deal with abuse from strangers on the street or being escorted off a plane. Reading what the author goes through on a regular basis made me so angry.

I think a lot of people would benefit from reading this book, and maybe afterwards we could stop holding on to harmful beliefs that only make people miserable, not healthy and definitely not thin. It's seriously disheartening how many people still believe being fat is a matter of willpower and discipline. I've had a lot of great conversations with people in my life while and after reading Aubrey's book, and I feel empowered to have more with the great resources provided.

On top of that, this was just a really engrossing audiobook to listen to. Heartbreaking but also funny and relatable, it was a really enjoyable experience (upsetting topic aside). Highly recommend! That said, please be aware of any content warnings you might need. You do directly read things people have said or done to Aubrey and it can be upsetting.

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dionnesims's review

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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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ellaxiao's review

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challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Highly Rec for anyone ready to dive past the “body positivity” movement into real fat justice and body justice, I think would be super eye opening for most size privileged folks to see the details of structural and systemic fatphobia that go under witnessed and reported

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buildingtaste's review

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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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