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Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison
informative
fast-paced
4.0
This is overall a good, quick text about the intersection of fatphobia and antiblackness particularly as it applies to men and masc people. It does not speak much on the topic of fat fems and women, except to contrast, describe similarities with, or explain relationships to masc/men's experiences.
My criticism is writing related and is the reason this doesn't have 5 stars. I simply couldn't pin down who the audience was supposed to be. The writing itself skews academic and the text presumes a level of understanding of certain topics and sociopolitical theories, but at the same time will explain to you that diets can cause physical harm and describe what sparked the Ferguson protests. It led to a sort of confusing reading experience in the sense that on the one hand I was being treated as if I was already aware of fairly complex topics like abolitionist politic and how certain identities intersect, but at the same time was having very basic facts such as "BMI was based on white European bodies" explained to me. I did understand the book and the positions thoroughly, personally, but I do read textbooks for fun and just looking at some of the other reviews it looks some had trouble because of this.
My criticism is writing related and is the reason this doesn't have 5 stars. I simply couldn't pin down who the audience was supposed to be. The writing itself skews academic and the text presumes a level of understanding of certain topics and sociopolitical theories, but at the same time will explain to you that diets can cause physical harm and describe what sparked the Ferguson protests. It led to a sort of confusing reading experience in the sense that on the one hand I was being treated as if I was already aware of fairly complex topics like abolitionist politic and how certain identities intersect, but at the same time was having very basic facts such as "BMI was based on white European bodies" explained to me. I did understand the book and the positions thoroughly, personally, but I do read textbooks for fun and just looking at some of the other reviews it looks some had trouble because of this.