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Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous!
by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin
I hated the title of this book. I hated the back cover that said "They might be bitches, but they are skinny bitches." I don't care for skinny, I care for healthy. However, I had read about it on several blogs, how it had "changed their lives" and the way they viewed food and the world. So after several years of consideration I picked it up at the library.
I hated the first chapter. It is full of phrases along the lines of "But being a fat pig will hinder you, sober or drunk. And habitual drinking equals fat-pig syndrome.", "So your junk food has a shelf life of twenty-two years and will probably outlive your fat, sorry ass." and "You need to exercise, you lazy shit.". I'm sure you get the point. Though there are good - and true points, behind these statements, and though I do think it's sometimes good to get a kick in the behind, I honestly don't think that kind of language is necessary, or will encourage anyone to feel better about themselves.
When all that is said though, it does contain a lot of thought-provoking and scary information, so in that respect it does redeem itself, and I would recommend it. The girls are advocates for a vegan lifestyle, which I think is taking it a step too far.
They tell the scary truth of livestock raising, slaughtering, dairy production, artificial additives etc. in the US. There is definitely a lot of wisdom and truth in that information, but I think using it to advocate a completely vegan lifestyle is taking it further than necessary. Although I know things are not as bad in Denmark as in the US (due to our laws being a lot stricter, and more often enforced), it has made me reconsider my consumption of meat, and that it might be an idea for me to cut down, unless I can find organic/free range meat (which then again is more expensive).
I also think they ignore the dangers of our consumption of gluten, especially in the form of wheat and flour. Although they recommend eating mainly whole-grain products, it is still ignoring just how many people are at least sensitive to grains containing gluten (especially wheat).
They do also redeem themselves a bit in the last chapter, where they apologize for the title, saying it was only as a way to get readers attention, that they're not really bitchy and then a ton of "love yourself" - advice. I think it would've been nicer if the entire approach had been based on "love yourself, so don't feed your body crap" instead of "you fat pig stop eating crap", but that's just my opinion.
I hated the first chapter. It is full of phrases along the lines of "But being a fat pig will hinder you, sober or drunk. And habitual drinking equals fat-pig syndrome.", "So your junk food has a shelf life of twenty-two years and will probably outlive your fat, sorry ass." and "You need to exercise, you lazy shit.". I'm sure you get the point. Though there are good - and true points, behind these statements, and though I do think it's sometimes good to get a kick in the behind, I honestly don't think that kind of language is necessary, or will encourage anyone to feel better about themselves.
When all that is said though, it does contain a lot of thought-provoking and scary information, so in that respect it does redeem itself, and I would recommend it. The girls are advocates for a vegan lifestyle, which I think is taking it a step too far.
They tell the scary truth of livestock raising, slaughtering, dairy production, artificial additives etc. in the US. There is definitely a lot of wisdom and truth in that information, but I think using it to advocate a completely vegan lifestyle is taking it further than necessary. Although I know things are not as bad in Denmark as in the US (due to our laws being a lot stricter, and more often enforced), it has made me reconsider my consumption of meat, and that it might be an idea for me to cut down, unless I can find organic/free range meat (which then again is more expensive).
I also think they ignore the dangers of our consumption of gluten, especially in the form of wheat and flour. Although they recommend eating mainly whole-grain products, it is still ignoring just how many people are at least sensitive to grains containing gluten (especially wheat).
They do also redeem themselves a bit in the last chapter, where they apologize for the title, saying it was only as a way to get readers attention, that they're not really bitchy and then a ton of "love yourself" - advice. I think it would've been nicer if the entire approach had been based on "love yourself, so don't feed your body crap" instead of "you fat pig stop eating crap", but that's just my opinion.