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The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Jen Gunter
2 reviews
jeremy_bearimy's review against another edition
informative
2.0
Repeats the advice throughout the book to lose weight without acknowledging concerns raised by folks like Aubrey Gordon about how low-quality research is used to justify fatphobic messages, and the impacts of fatphobia on wellbeing.
I also wish she’d discussed issues related to racial and other socioeconomic inequities, like different levels of access to health care or unprocessed foods.
With those major caveats, I did think there was helpful info for people who have access to the resources (time, money, energy…) needed to act on it.
I also wish she’d discussed issues related to racial and other socioeconomic inequities, like different levels of access to health care or unprocessed foods.
With those major caveats, I did think there was helpful info for people who have access to the resources (time, money, energy…) needed to act on it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Medical trauma
kit_steitz's review against another edition
This books is written for cis women. If you are a cis woman, you should be fine here (except for the fatphobia). There are a few brief mentions of the rest of us going through menopause, but really only for the author to point out that there isn't enough research for us. The rest of what I read approaches menopause from a binary and deeply second wave perspective that only superficially engages with intersectional Identities and how they are affected by social/physical perspectives. Her chapter and discussions of fat are incredibly triggering and clearly demonstrate that she has not bothered to engage in weight neutral advocacy and didn't consult anybody within the HAES movement. I was unable to continue and keep my inner peace.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia