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A review by renee_pompeii
Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass by Jes Baker
5.0
I had assumed this book would be funny AF and an empowering feminist read (check!) and wasn't disappointed. HOWEVER, I was NOT expecting it to be such a thought-provoking, insight-producing dissection on our current socio-cultural War Against Bodies. Regardless of whether those bodies are fat, non-white, queer...whatever flavor of body, everything is on the table here and that was what truly makes this a must read. Certainly waaaay more than I expected, this was a book I couldn't put down at all because there was so much being said and it all mattered. Jes Baker uses her incredibly varied personal experiences to break down what seems to be the overarching issue of our day-why some (OK soooo many) feel entitled to dictate to everyone else how they must live in their bodies.