A review by dmichb
Unshrinking by Kate Manne

informative fast-paced

3.0

I can appreciate much of what Manne was trying to do but philosophers can be problematic and I wasn’t very moved by her arguments—not because I disagree with their premise, but because I felt they didn’t go far enough and are not politically salient beyond the individual. It’s strange because she cites some of my favourite folks, like Da’Shaun Harrison, but I was left wondering if she really took the message from them? 

I think this book would be helpful for some folks and a good entry point (for some) re: fatphobia, but for me (somebody writing a PhD diss on fat studies), it was not as robust or radical as I’d hoped for.