archytas 's review for:

Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne

3.75

informative reflective medium-paced

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Manne takes square aim in this furious, personal and yet deeply researched take down of weight loss culture. There is little here that has not been published before - I was disappointed in the scant coverage of the new era of injectable drugs - but Manne packages it with a thoroughness that makes it a great volume to pick up. She doesn't pretend to easy answers either, acknowledging the difficulties of living in a world not made to make you comfortable, while also calling for recognition that there simply is no reliable and safe way to make fat people into thin people.