Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind by Fariha Róisín

4 reviews

bookishmillennial's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Coming back to write a full review, but this was absolutely phenomenal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Self harm, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, and Cultural appropriation

gizellereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Incest, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, and Abortion

jkamler's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

1.0

I honestly struggled to get through this book and thought about giving up on it several times. Near the end of the book I just longed for it to be over already. 
As others have said, the book does not really examine wellness culture through a sociological lens, but is mostly a memoir of the author’s childhood abuse and pretty broad spiritual claims and generalizations. I hate to even admit this but I also found the author to be a little obsessed with suffering and overindulging in a victim mentality. I really wanted to enjoy this book because I believe in centering voices of color and I was invested in the criticism of wellness culture, but I just resented the experience the entire time. I pushed through to the end but honestly should have just called it quits. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Incest, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia, Genocide, Body shaming, and Abandonment

richelleski's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, Incest, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia and Suicide attempt