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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
14 reviews
katie0528's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia
maddramaqueen's review against another edition
4.5
If you can't handle the topics covered, I fully understand. I'm in eating disorder recovery myself and this topic was triggering for me. But the final chapter is one of the greatest pieces of activist writing I've ever read and I think everyone should read that chapter *at least*.
Thank you so much for writing this, Aubrey Gordon. It will be an oft recommended book in my future.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism
zoiejanelle's review against another edition
4.5
good elements:
the sections on feminist theory, race, and government intervention were the redeeming qualities for me. i felt like i had really clear takeaways from these sections that i could reflect on and use to better myself/work on my internal struggles with anti-fatness and racism. the final chapter was extremely reflective and hopeful, though, despite the insurmountable and overwhelming evidence of anti-fatness in our culture that is explained throughout the book. i felt that this work was an actionable, interesting, affirming, and informative read overall.
not so good elements:
i believe she harped on the Body Positivity movement a LITTLE too much, but i understood why the angle was important. i also felt that her perspective skewed very left-leaning, which is not a bad thing in and of itself, but if this book was supposed to be accessible and introductory to all readers, it would definitely lose the more conservative (specifically anti-regulation) crowd simply from implicit bias. i wanted to dive a little deeper into why government intervention and regulation are important considerations and what that looks like EXACTLY, but i realize that those subjects may be better explored in another book.
i would still recommend this book to anyone just starting out in their fat liberation journey!
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Classism
tiernanhunter's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Medical content and Toxic friendship
stevia333k's review against another edition
4.5
like there's 2 things i think of at least: the military wanting a one-size-fits-all outfit to make gear standardized (they ended up having to make 3 sizes), and how fatness is used to play into desireability politics to cover up how white patriarchs raped black perceived-females. like, i sense those were meant to be simmering in the background, (we literally started out with how fatphobia is connected to militarism, and how fatphobia is compared to an "epidemic" like how bourgeois depictions of famine refugees as zombies & "great replacement" canard works with settler colonizers. but again, these are left lower-key.)
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War
dionnesims's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
karcitis's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Classism
bcastaneda's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
ladyflash's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment