Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

42 reviews

knunderb's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This book gives an in-depth view of just how entrenched antifat bias is woven into every part of society and illuminates the changes that need to be made. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Eating disorder

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

This is an excellent primer on anti-fat bias. This helped me find the language for my own struggles with weight stigma and helped me understand how people who are larger than me are often treated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Domestic abuse

volcanogirl's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

foreverinastory's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Everyone needs to read this!!! Especially if you are not fat.

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

adl2990's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

Using both personal anecdotes and data, Aubrey Gordon weaves together a cohesive intoduction into the ways fatphobia manifests itself in society. I found she was able to put beautifully into words things I have witnessed but have not given much thought to, or was unable to articulate. I would reccomend this book to anyone, but especially people in the medical field. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Hate crime, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault

sarahpayne's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault

montyroz's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Bullying

mierkat's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Eating disorder

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I regularly read books that I think everyone should read, but this is one I know I'll be recommending for a long, long time, to as many people as I can. I've followed Aubrey Gordon's work for years, and have been convinced of her positions for a while now, but this book lays out everything in such a clear, damning way. This book answers the questions I haven't known how to when having arguments with other straight-size people about anti-fat bias, and addresses everything you may think to ask about. This book should be required reading for everyone, but *especially* those going into the medical field in any way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Violence, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, and Stalking