Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

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

96 reviews

katie0528's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

I'm a huge fan of Aubrey Gordon and her podcast Maintenance Phase. This is part memoir, part research-based argument for fat justice, and part encouraging the reader to confront their implicit biases toward fat people. Like her other work, this impecably researched and Aubrey is quick to also point out her own privilege as a cis white woman of reasonable means and point out that as awful as her experiences are, disabled, queer, trans, poor, immigrant, and POC people have an even harder time with weight discrimination. She also champions other causes that would make life easier everyone, fat or thin, including accessible healthcare, anti-discrimination laws and practices, and confronting bias when seen in others. This and Aubrey's podcast really helped me come around on my own body as a fat person and is really validating for anyone who has struggled to validate their place in the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia

sapphic_summer's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

alyssas319's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Very well researched and well written memoir and call to action. As a small-fat woman, so much of the author’s experiences resonated with me. This book lays out all the ways that anti-fat bias hurts everyone regardless of size while still shining a light on the real harm it does to fat folks. This book should be required reading, period. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming and Eating disorder

echolliot's review against another edition

challenging funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

kingorgan's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma

maddy4prezident's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow...this book was exceptional in every way. It was well written, thought-provoking, challenging, and inspiring. It did not shy away from calling out anti-fat biases or making the reader sit with their discomfort. Roxanne Gay described the book as "required reading" in her blurb, and I truly cannot agree more. If you only ever read one nonfiction book in your life, let it be this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Classism

orlagal's review against another edition

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5.0

Brilliant book to aid in your anti-fat bias education! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

keetham's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Good book, very helpful info. I listen to her podcast though (Maintenance Phase) so not a lot was particularly new 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

maddramaqueen's review against another edition

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4.5

This book rocks.  Literally everyone should at least try to read it.  I recognize that it can be triggering, and it was for me, but especially for straight-size people who have not experienced anti-fat bias on a societal level this is absolutely necessary.  Even as a fat person myself I learned so much about the violence facing those fatter than me that I was entirely unaware of.

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.

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Content Warnings

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

hollowhallow13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment