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4.46 AVERAGE
4.46 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
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medium-paced
Incredibly interesting, informative and well written. More people need to read this
This should be required reading for anyone who plans to encounter other humans ever, but for the love of god, especially medical students.
Straight-sized people ESPECIALLY should read this book. I suspect that for fat folks, the deeply researched content here will be validating but unsurprising.
Straight-sized people ESPECIALLY should read this book. I suspect that for fat folks, the deeply researched content here will be validating but unsurprising.
Huge fan of Aubrey’s online resources and podcast. Concise, devastating, upsetting, yet hopeful book.
A short book, but to the point. Brings up a lot of things that are different the what is commonly talked about and really breaks down internalized fatphobia (really is making me break down my internal thoughts in a different way). It's really nuanced, I think one of the standout chapters that is indicative of the rest of the book is about sex and relationships. The book does a really good job at acknowledging that there are certain fetishes around weight, but it's dismissive and insulting to think that people cannot be attracted to fat people without a fetish. The chapters around healthcare and how we have fallen into these weight categories and the history of all of it. Obviously it was better broken down in the book, but I think it brought new information to things I already knew about fatphobia and also new nuanced conversations to the table. A short book, but to the point. Brings up a lot of things that are different the what is commonly talked about and really breaks down internalized fatphobia (really is making me break down my internal thoughts in a different way). It's really nuanced, I think one of the standout chapters that is indicative of the rest of the book is about sex and relationships. The book does a really good job at acknowledging that there are certain fetishes around weight, but it's dismissive and insulting to think that people cannot be attracted to fat people without a fetish. The chapters around healthcare and how we have fallen into these weight categories and the history of all of it. Obviously it was better broken down in the book, but I think it brought new information to things I already knew about fatphobia and also new nuanced conversations to the table.