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

5.0

i was skeptical at the length of this going in, and it DID leave me wanting a lot more, but i think that’s what a good book does sometimes. it didn’t leave me wanting more in a this-isn’t-complete way, but in a wow-this-is-good-and-provokes-so-many-more-discussions way. the best chapters imo were the one on policing, the one on the war on drugs and war on obesity, and the trans one. lots of things i didn’t have words for but now do. i do think this could’ve been three times the length and still have so much to work on, but it’s a really great overview, easily understandable, with so many wonderful connections and discussions.