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“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
5.0
Aubrey Gordon for President!
Gordon continues to do absolutely essential work in anti-fat activism and education with her new release. Whereas her last book had a more personal bent, ‘You Just Need to Lose Weight’ comprises twenty non-fiction essays that bust anti-fat myths. The book is extremely well researched and organized – a full 18% of the ebook consists of citations! Though I may have enjoyed Gordon’s personal essays and podcast more, this is a terrific resource (and what I’ll be referencing when my extended family asks me why I haven’t lost the covid weight yet).
If you are already a big fan of Gordon’s work, a lot of the material in this book will be familiar to you. Even so, I continued to be surprised and angered by Gordon’s account of the drastic ways in which corporate greed has shaped our government and healthcare systems and fomented anti-fat bias. Highly recommend to anyone new to the topic and to fans of Maintenance Phase.
Thank you to Edelweiss, Beacon Press, and Aubrey Gordon for an advance copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.
Gordon continues to do absolutely essential work in anti-fat activism and education with her new release. Whereas her last book had a more personal bent, ‘You Just Need to Lose Weight’ comprises twenty non-fiction essays that bust anti-fat myths. The book is extremely well researched and organized – a full 18% of the ebook consists of citations! Though I may have enjoyed Gordon’s personal essays and podcast more, this is a terrific resource (and what I’ll be referencing when my extended family asks me why I haven’t lost the covid weight yet).
If you are already a big fan of Gordon’s work, a lot of the material in this book will be familiar to you. Even so, I continued to be surprised and angered by Gordon’s account of the drastic ways in which corporate greed has shaped our government and healthcare systems and fomented anti-fat bias. Highly recommend to anyone new to the topic and to fans of Maintenance Phase.
Thank you to Edelweiss, Beacon Press, and Aubrey Gordon for an advance copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.