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A review by jampsonn16
What's Eating Us: Women, Food, and the Epidemic of Body Anxiety by Cole Kazdin
5.0
"My body knows what to do. So does yours. I trust her the more I get to know her."
TW: eating disorders, fatphobia, discussions of weight/body shaming, infertility, racism and racial bias
It's so funny how podcasts are helping create my TBR lately. A lot of thanks to Maintenance Phase, who introduced me to Virginia Sole-Smith, whose podcast Burnt Toast introduced me to Cole Kazdin and this wonderful book that is easily a lifetime favorite.
This book won't be for everyone, but to me, it had everything. I've never had someone speak so directly and plainly to me about everything that I'm currently disentangling from: disordered eating, fatphobia, diet culture, weight stigma, body shaming - just to name a few. Kazdin wove many personal experiences with actual data and evidence-based research, which made this book seem really thorough for the subject matter. She touched on the racism and ableism that exists within the US healthcare system in regards to treating women with eating disorders and discussions of weight, as well how diet culture has permeated already sensitive spaces of a person's life, like infertility. I feel like most people could find at least a little sliver of themselves somewhere in this book, so I encourage you to give it a read if you can. Kazdin handles these topics with care, sensitivity, and a whole lot of anger directed at the right people (or systems).
It felt encouraging and heartwarming to know that I'm not alone.
TW: eating disorders, fatphobia, discussions of weight/body shaming, infertility, racism and racial bias
It's so funny how podcasts are helping create my TBR lately. A lot of thanks to Maintenance Phase, who introduced me to Virginia Sole-Smith, whose podcast Burnt Toast introduced me to Cole Kazdin and this wonderful book that is easily a lifetime favorite.
This book won't be for everyone, but to me, it had everything. I've never had someone speak so directly and plainly to me about everything that I'm currently disentangling from: disordered eating, fatphobia, diet culture, weight stigma, body shaming - just to name a few. Kazdin wove many personal experiences with actual data and evidence-based research, which made this book seem really thorough for the subject matter. She touched on the racism and ableism that exists within the US healthcare system in regards to treating women with eating disorders and discussions of weight, as well how diet culture has permeated already sensitive spaces of a person's life, like infertility. I feel like most people could find at least a little sliver of themselves somewhere in this book, so I encourage you to give it a read if you can. Kazdin handles these topics with care, sensitivity, and a whole lot of anger directed at the right people (or systems).
It felt encouraging and heartwarming to know that I'm not alone.