A review by lady_moon
The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce by Angie Manfredi

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4.0

"I’m aromantic. I’m asexual. I’m fat. I’m also short, allergic to dust, and a bit of a book hoarder. [...] Being fat and a-spec might be a small club, but we’re awesome."

Rep: fat, trans, Indigenous, chronic illness, Black, nonbinary, Asian, bisexual, sapphic, Mexican American, Latino, gay, aromantic, asexual

The rating is the average from all the pieces'ratings!

5⭐: “How to Be the Star of Your Own Fat Rom-Com”, “Does this poem make me look fat?”, “Love You”, “To All the Pizzas I’ve Loved Before”, “Fat. Boy. Walking.”

4.5⭐: “The Story of My Body”, “Write Something Fat”, “Seven Things I Would Tell Eleven-year-old Me”, “Fatness & Horror: The Match Made in Not Heaven”, “Losing My Religion”, “50 Tips from a Fat and Fabulous Elder”, “Elephant, Hippo, and Other Nicknames I Love”, “From Your Fat Future”

4 ⭐: “Body Sovereignty: This Fat Trans Flesh Is Mine”, “A Body Like Mine”, “Fat Prom”, “Can’t Find Your Community? Create Your Own”, “Confidence”, “Fat Acceptance Is (Really) Real”, “Reasons to Hang in There”, “Baltimore . . . and Me”

3.75⭐: “Chubby City Indian”, “For the Love of Ursula’s Revenge Body”, “Fat and Thriving”, “Your Journey to Being #fatandfree”

3.5 ⭐: “Fat, And”

3 ⭐: “Brighter Than Starlight”, “Black, Fat, Fem: The Weight of a Queen”, “The 5 Things You Need to Start Your Very Own Rad Fat Babe Revolution (from Someone Who Knows)”, “Make Your Own Self-Care Kit”, “You Are Loved”

2 ⭐: “I Wear What I Want ’Cause I Want To”, “A Poem That’s About Nature and Fatness”