Reviews with content warning for Body shaming - What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

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

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ladyflash's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative sad

4.5

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foreverinastory's review against another edition

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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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missbsbookshelf's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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lisacanteven's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

I love Aubrey Gordon. That is the reviews. Also, listen to the podcast Maintenance Phase if you liked this book.

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marisa_n's review against another edition

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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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unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

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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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