smartasana 's review for:

“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

3.0

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This book is an exercise in conflation of issues. She has so many good points that she makes, and yet she contradicts herself just around the corner. I tried very hard to like the book, but I just don't. If you can see through her own biases and the compounded hate she experiences as both gay and fat, it gives you lots of information about how you can be a better advocate for fat people. There are so many directed biases toward fat people that need to be dealt with and squashed. Fat people are just people. Less hate would be greatly appreciated.