Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

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

78 reviews

daphnehumming's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I like this book, but it is a fairly beginner primer. I think using it as a reference would’ve worked better than listening all the way through

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Ableism

dziggetai's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma

crabbytaco's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

cardlikecredit's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Medical content

emmabeemiller's review

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Fatphobia

o_w_e_n's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Graphic: Fatphobia

qteabeans's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

4.0

A good primer on anti-fatness and weightism. Gordon cites her sources and ties in other people's work and voices. Clear voice and consistency of messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Classism, Death, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Bullying, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Ableism, and Acephobia/Arophobia

cheaploaf's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Very informative book. Easy to read and understand, not too academic. Covers a lot of issues adjacent to anti fat bias including racism, anti trans bias, etc. A good reference book to use to argue points. I think my .25 knock off is mostly there because at times it was a little repetitive, and I know Aubrey mentions that it’s kind of supposed to be sectioned so that you don’t have to read the whole book through and can just go to diff chapters for certain references/answers. But at times it did make it hard for me to read a bunch at once, but familiar mentions can be skimmed through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

caitlynlargent's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Very informative, well researched, and well written. A little less than 4 stars because I felt that a lot of the information was recycled during the different “myths”. While there is bound to be some connection, at times I felt like I had hit rewind on accident because I was hearing the same things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Medical trauma, Racism, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Transphobia

leontyna's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A very needed book, some of the myths I already knew as such but many I considered a science based approach, having no idea how outdated and actually debunked the info was. It is a very informative and well researched book about anti-fatness. I also really appreciated the questions after some of the chapters and I definitely plan to read at least some of the recommended books to broaden my understanding and hear more perspectives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia