Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

5 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

I had seen Fearing the Black Body recommended in pretty much every antifatness related book list, so when I saw it was available on my audiobook app, I immediately added it to my shelf. Anyone who wants to dive a little deeper than the basics and learn about the history of antifatness and its roots in racism and eugenics should read this book.

It’s not long and while the language is academic, it’s not overly complicated. The audiobook was easy to follow. I haven’t listened to a lot of nonfiction audiobooks yet so I was afraid that my attention would waver, but it was the opposite: I listened for much longer stretches than I usually do because I was so intrigued.

Fearing the Black Body helps put the current discussions around antifatness into a historical context and shows how much we are still influenced by decades or centuries old ideas of eugenicist doctors and ‘race scientists’ who spouted ‘scientific’ ideas with no basis in research or reality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism, Fatphobia, Ableism, Body shaming, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

nyoom's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Rape, Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Colonisation, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Genocide, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Torture, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Medical trauma, Gore, and Blood

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Racism, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual content, Ableism, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Minor: War, Infertility, and Alcohol

Eugenics

becksusername's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.5

This was really interesting and gave a wide range of context for the fatphobic culture we currently live in. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Genocide, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Xenophobia, and Eating disorder

kylieqrada's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Another one for the Non-Fiction Favorites/Recommend to Everyone/Hi My Name Is Kylie Have You Read This Book list. I feel like I'm a broken record when I comes to non-fiction, but the truth is that I just don't read non-fic unless it centers topics that I am passionate about, so I generally find myself rating it very highly. Fearing the Black Body is an exploration of racism and fatphobia, the examination (and eradication) of which are central to the philosophy of body liberation, which I follow. I could gush about this book for days, but it really does speak for itself. A stunning academic work that is also very accessible and unbiased. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Genocide, and Fatphobia