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4.46 AVERAGE
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Wow. There is a lot for me to process after this book. I listen to the Maintenance Phase podcast, where the author is a cohost, so I knew what to expect. But it’s horrifying how deep our cultural aversion is to fat/obese people.
I learned a lot and hope to integrate information from this book into my life and actions.
Wow. There is a lot for me to process after this book. I listen to the Maintenance Phase podcast, where the author is a cohost, so I knew what to expect. But it’s horrifying how deep our cultural aversion is to fat/obese people.
I learned a lot and hope to integrate information from this book into my life and actions.
This book needs to be read by every person who has a body. It offers a well researched perspective of how fat people are treated and mistreated in this world, offering concrete examples of policies and practices that serve our anti-fat society.
Straight size/thin folks need to read it and then keep reading about the fat experience. If you truly seek to understand fat liberation, body justice, or to understand what the fat people in your life are facing, this is a great starting point. If you want to practice being an ally, then reading this book is 1 action you can take.
Fat people should read it because it affirms what you have likely experienced your whole time being fat. For me, parts of this book were like reading excerpts from my own life, especially the chapter about growing up as a fat kid in the 90s/early 2000’s.
This book pairs personal stories with the wider implications of fat oppression. It’s the perfect text to keep on hand and reference anytime a doctor or coworker or loved one tries to deny the actual abuses against fat people, or tries to minimize our experiences to simply a matter of self love and esteem.
It was tough to read at times because although it is so true to my experience it’s still a bummer to read how institutionalized my experience is. But, I believe I am better for knowing it, and for having this beautiful reference text now to point to when people ask me to “prove it.”
This is the kind of book I want to make everyone in my life read. I’m planning on gifting my PCP with a copy so she can read the chapters about health care and medical bias against fat people.
Can’t recommend this book enough, I’m so grateful it exists.
Straight size/thin folks need to read it and then keep reading about the fat experience. If you truly seek to understand fat liberation, body justice, or to understand what the fat people in your life are facing, this is a great starting point. If you want to practice being an ally, then reading this book is 1 action you can take.
Fat people should read it because it affirms what you have likely experienced your whole time being fat. For me, parts of this book were like reading excerpts from my own life, especially the chapter about growing up as a fat kid in the 90s/early 2000’s.
This book pairs personal stories with the wider implications of fat oppression. It’s the perfect text to keep on hand and reference anytime a doctor or coworker or loved one tries to deny the actual abuses against fat people, or tries to minimize our experiences to simply a matter of self love and esteem.
It was tough to read at times because although it is so true to my experience it’s still a bummer to read how institutionalized my experience is. But, I believe I am better for knowing it, and for having this beautiful reference text now to point to when people ask me to “prove it.”
This is the kind of book I want to make everyone in my life read. I’m planning on gifting my PCP with a copy so she can read the chapters about health care and medical bias against fat people.
Can’t recommend this book enough, I’m so grateful it exists.
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I don't know if reading this book right now was right for me. The current scrutiny of my fat and trans body in all aspects of my healthcare makes it feel like the walls are closing in on me, and hearing Aubrey Gordon's stories is far from encouraging. However, she's a compelling writer whose words I at least always find some solidarity in, if not comfort (though more often than not, I do also feel comforted).
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Gordon not only details the ways in which anti-fatness have led to the current systemic and interpersonal violence unleashed on fat people but also provides a call to action for a better world, one in which "we do not draw conclusions about others' character based on the way they look, what they eat, how they move, or how they live their lives differently than ours".
A must-read and an incredible introduction to fat justice.
A must-read and an incredible introduction to fat justice.
informative
reflective
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solid intro to fat justice; a little repetitive and not as in-depth as i'd hoped, but still a valuable resource.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual harassment
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