Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

6 reviews

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad

5.0

This book is heartbreaking, but so, so important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Cancer, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Ableism, and Classism

karcitis's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Medical content, Violence, Rape, Racism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Ableism

Minor: Transphobia, Classism, Chronic illness, Cancer, Abortion, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

foreverinastory's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Everyone needs to read this!!! Especially if you are not fat.

CWs: Fatphobia, body shaming, medical trauma, eating disorder, medical content, sexual harassment, bullying, ableism, misogyny, hate crime, sexual violence, threats of rape, sexism, emotional abuse, violence, gaslighting, death, transphobia/transmisia, classism. Moderate: queerphobia/queermisia, racism, dysphoria, chronic illness, cancer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Ableism, Misogyny, Rape, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Bullying, Violence, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Dysphoria, Chronic illness, and Cancer

daydreamermoonwalker's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This was a fantastic introduction to fatphobia and body justice. I loved the author's mix of personal experiences and research based argument. I also appreciated how she made sure to include poc, queer, trans, and disabled people in her arguments, as any conversation on body justice that doesn't include all bodies is incomplete. 

I think that everyone should read this book, especially if you're just starting to learn about these things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual harassment

kukushka's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, and Self harm

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I regularly read books that I think everyone should read, but this is one I know I'll be recommending for a long, long time, to as many people as I can. I've followed Aubrey Gordon's work for years, and have been convinced of her positions for a while now, but this book lays out everything in such a clear, damning way. This book answers the questions I haven't known how to when having arguments with other straight-size people about anti-fat bias, and addresses everything you may think to ask about. This book should be required reading for everyone, but *especially* those going into the medical field in any way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Violence, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, and Stalking