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rebeccad22's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
gigireadswithkiki's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
An incredibly powerful and all-encompassing analysis on the ways in which fatphobia seeps into every avenue of society, Weightless is in a class of its own in the field of memoirs! Evette Dionne is supremely thorough in diving into fatphobia that has affected her personal life, reflecting candidly about her internalized fatphobia, and then drawing out into the bigger picture of how fatphobia is a societal failing. She takes the time to critically analyze the ways fatphobia intersects with other marginalized identities, magnifying specifically on her experience as a fat Black queer woman.
Her writing was wildly enthralling and concise; each chapter reflected on a different aspect of fatphobia but it never felt repetitive or dry or boring.
I loved this book, I definitely need to get my hands on a copy soon!
Her writing was wildly enthralling and concise; each chapter reflected on a different aspect of fatphobia but it never felt repetitive or dry or boring.
I loved this book, I definitely need to get my hands on a copy soon!
deevee_sunflower's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
maggie_green's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
I really appreciated a lot of the content of this book, but it toed a weird line of memoir and informative non-fiction in a way that didn't really mesh for me. The strongest parts, to me, were the memoir, but the informative non-fiction was really great, too. The problem came in the transitional part between those two things. I felt like the transitions were sometimes a little vague or weak. There were also a couple points that I wish would have leaned more into fat liberation than just a typical body positivity lens.
xeniba's review against another edition
I got the audiobook when I was driving alone a LOT and I pretty much only listen to them when I’m driving. I’m not driving much at all right now and couldn’t get into the book enough to listen to it outside of the car.
amberoooo's review against another edition
4.5
I feel very seen and really appreciate it. Having a plus sized body does not make you less than or a burden. This book helped me understand that about myself.