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kalbooks's review
4.0
I’m so grateful I finally read this book. I’ve seen it referenced in many books over the recent years and felt immediately that it made so much sense, so having the in depth historical research that Strings provides to back up the claim is helpful in continuing to dismantle my fatphobia and to contribute better to conversations around diet culture and fatphobia with others.
(I’m having a hard time landing on a rating for this book as I would certainly recommend it to anyone and think it’s required reading and I had a hard time getting through it at times due to the thoroughly detailed historical nature of the book which is just not my go to type of reading.)
(I’m having a hard time landing on a rating for this book as I would certainly recommend it to anyone and think it’s required reading and I had a hard time getting through it at times due to the thoroughly detailed historical nature of the book which is just not my go to type of reading.)
julierl's review against another edition
It got a bit too academic to read alongside my PhD. Might return to this!
mrfroggy's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely crucial for understanding the emergence of antifatness in the west, not only as a beauty and health standard, but as a biological differentiation between white and black bodies predicated on racial superiority, class, religious and moral distinctions, and heterosexiam.
Very well written and easy to read, structured into three segments as antifatness developed through the past 500 years. I loved the historical build up and focus on key figures that pushed these changing tastes as well as the inclusion of perspectives from white women and black publications all throughout. Im gonna be raving about this book in every conversation for a very long time....
Very well written and easy to read, structured into three segments as antifatness developed through the past 500 years. I loved the historical build up and focus on key figures that pushed these changing tastes as well as the inclusion of perspectives from white women and black publications all throughout. Im gonna be raving about this book in every conversation for a very long time....