Scan barcode
maddramaqueen's review against another edition
4.5
If you can't handle the topics covered, I fully understand. I'm in eating disorder recovery myself and this topic was triggering for me. But the final chapter is one of the greatest pieces of activist writing I've ever read and I think everyone should read that chapter *at least*.
Thank you so much for writing this, Aubrey Gordon. It will be an oft recommended book in my future.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Death, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Classism, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Colonisation, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Stalking, and Terminal illness
matcha_cat's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Stalking, Ableism, and Misogyny
Minor: Death and Sexual assault
mads_jpg's review against another edition
4.75
I went into this book thinking I had a good grip on the general ideas behind body positivity/neutrality and harmful beauty standards but man, the situation is so much worse than I could have ever imagined. Gordon's research combined with her personal experiences are truly eye-opening. I even read the section about planes while on one, and it made me view the situation in an entirely new light.
Another one to add to the list of "should be mandatory reading for all human beings".
Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Death, Bullying, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
emireadsstuff's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual violence
Minor: Death, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Ableism, Bullying, Body shaming, and Eating disorder
narflet's review
4.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Death, and Eating disorder
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
downsophialane's review against another edition
5.0
That was WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT for me. This is absolutely essential reading. Aubrey Gordon is thorough and authentic in this damning and honest indictment of the unrelenting and unapologetic anti-fat bias that pervades mainstream culture and especially the wellness space.
This book has already impacted the way I engage in conversations around health and fitness, which so often stray into implicit fatphobia. Thank you, @yrfatfriend. ❤
🍎 TO TEACH?
I would give anything for every PDHPE teacher in the country to read this book.
While it isn't appropriate for my ELA class, really, I may have to speak it on my classroom library shelves when I'm back in my physical classroom.
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Death, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse
shanbles's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Bullying and Body shaming
Minor: Ableism, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexism, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, and Death
avadore's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
Moderate: Death and Medical trauma
kukushka's review against another edition
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