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

67 reviews

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

marrireadsandrambles's review against another edition

challenging informative

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Suicide

camillatd's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This is both a meticulously researched account of anti-fatness in its many forms and an unflinching memoir of Gordon's experiences of a lifetime experiencing anti-fatness. For those well-versed in the language of the body justice and fat liberation movements, this book provides a searing firsthand account that is essential reading for straight-sized readers. Impressively, Gordon is thorough in the scope of her research, yet she delivers her findings concisely and compellingly. She presents, in no uncertain terms, the reality that many "body positive" straight-sized people do not want to hear: that internal body image struggles are not equivalent to tangible discrimination and oppression in the external world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Sexual harassment

marisa_n's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I bought this book after listening to every episode of Gordon's podcast, Maintenence Phase. Similar to the podcast, this book is a combination of research and personal anecdotes about anti-fat bias. I appreciated Gordon's vulnerability in sharing her story. I also loved that she brought up research & necessary policy changes. Rather than making it an internal "love yourself" problem, the book dives into the ways larger bodies are objectified, politicized, and discriminated against. Lastly, I appreciated the opportunity to think more deeply about potential personal biases & the changes needed to an unjust system. 

Unfortunately, I don't think this book quite captures the magic of her podcast. Although the content of this book is very similar ( at times so overlapping it felt reptitive), the organization, the tone, and the performance are just okay. I prefer the laughing, exasperated, "methodology queen" in the podcast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

e_austin's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.5

A clear, informative, and challenging introduction to the importance of fat liberation. Gordon weaves together personal experience with other sources to create a compelling argument, elucidating the negative effects of anti-fat bias in our society and outlining what will be required, of both individuals and broader culture, to root it out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

5.0

I could write pages and pages of my thoughts on this book but they all boil down to this one:

➡️ Everyone should read this. ⬅️

Aubrey Gordon is brilliant, engaging, emotionally vulnerable and inspiring. In 165 pages she gives an incredibly well-researched yet personal account of the costs of anti-fatness through an intersectional lens. And like every stain on American culture, the costs of anti-fatness are high and affect all of us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

billybee22's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia

madsgates's review against another edition

hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual harassment, and Eating disorder

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