A review by qubilahshabazz
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

Really incredible book. I love the way the author connects the dots and really underscores how anti-Blackness and anti-fatness are one in the same. I appreciated hearing more about the fat Black trans masc experience and I also appreciated the ways in which the author noted how society feminizes and masculinizes bodies depending on whether you’re thin or fat or dark skin or light or white. Really really critical stuff in this book. Highly recommend it to anyone who is trying to make sense of desirability politics within the context of Blackness and fatness.

I wish the text was a little longer hence my 4.75 rating.
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