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Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia
As a plus sized mom to a baby girl it really hammered home just how important it is how I talk about my body and how I fuel and dress it. Genetics being what they are, she will likely continue from being an adorably chunky toddler into a chubby kid, tween and teen, and its so important to me that she gets to view her body in a way I never did. As a joy and pleasure to live in and explore the world in.
It sparked great conversation with my husband about how we view things, and the inherent racism of fatphobia, and even limiting family access to our daughter based on how they speak about others and their bodies.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexism, Classism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Stalking, Sexual harassment
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Fatphobia
Listened as an audiobook through Libro.fm AND annotated with my physical copy (yes, I buy too many books 🫣) Carmen Maria Machado said it the best with her blurb for the book, Unshrinking is a vital addition to the fat canon.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia
Moderate: Bullying, Sexism
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia
Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Racism, Classism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Antisemitism
Kate Manne never fails to get me absolutely FIRED UP! and this is no exception. Beautiful demonstration of the ways that fatness intersects with race, feminism, disability studies, capitalism, etc. It's accessible and practical philosophy. If you are a person in a body you need to read this book.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Dysphoria
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic
Fatphobia is a form of structural oppression that--just like any other--is based on a socially constructed hierarchy of bodies and intersects with other systems of oppression (e.g., a fat Black woman is treated considerably worse than a fat white man).
Specifically, anti-fatness is rooted in and upholds racism, in particular anti-blackness.
Fatphobia also often serves as an outlet for other forms of bigotry because it's more socially acceptable to be anti-fat than it is to be racist or classist.
The author advocates for fat liberation and body reflexivity, although I wish the author had spent more time on that. Seems weird to introduce a new concept in the conclusion.
Key takeaways:
-Fuck diet culture, but also beauty culture in general.
-You have a right to shrink yourself or have plastic surgery (accepting all health risks/ consequences), but you are not obligated to.
-You can resist fatphobia by refusing to diet. In doing so, you're also standing up to the other systems of harm that are tied to, or intersect with, fatphobia.
Your body is for you.
It's not for consuming, comparing, assessing, or ranking.
It's not good, bad, or neutral.
You're not required to have any particular attitude toward your body, and your perspective is the only one that matters.
You are not responsible for pleasing others.
You can appreciate bodies, viewed through an uncritical lens, in all their diversity.
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Antisemitism
Manne explicitly states in the beginning she would only be looking at fatphobia from a political lense. That being said, I think it could be even stronger if there were more layers to it. I still recommend it to anyone who would like to start learning more about fatphobia.
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder