Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey

5 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

An incredibly useful resource. Now I just need another book for those of us who are further along in the journey!

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shinypurplepants's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Informative and inspiring. I will be coming back to the reflection points as I work on my relationship with my body 🥰

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tmchopra's review

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informative reflective fast-paced

3.75


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blackcatkai's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

CW: racism, medical trauma, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia

this book is geared towards QTBIPOC individuals & is written through the lens of a non-binary, pansexual, Black registered dietician. so if you or anyone you know has been looking for any books about body liberation &/or diet culture not geared towards/focused on white cisnormative individuals, this is a good one!♡

I also found it extremely informative overall with great activities to potentially engage in on one's journey away from western beauty ideals/diet culture that anyone could benefit from either doing or simply reading about. its good to take in things from a multitude of perspectives!

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watson_my_shelf's review

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Thank you to NetGalley and BenBella books for the advanced review copy of this book

I want to start this review by saying the intended audience for this book is queer BIPOC. Dalia is a pansexual, genderqueer, black Registered Dietician. And Dalia created this book that the anti-diet/Health at Every Size (HAES) community needed. And while I am not the intended audience for this book, I am so glad I was able to read it and learn so much from it.

I have read several books centered on anti-diet/HAES topics, so some of the information presented in this book was not new. Yet, I still learned so much. Dalia focuses on how the colonization of wellness has disproportionately excluded marginalized communities (e..g, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ folks). Fatphobia disproportionately focuses out BIPOC as compared to white cis people. One thing I found interesting was when Dalia details how microaggressions contribute negatively to a person’s health.

“Policing the behavior of marginalized folks under the guise of protecting them is a symptom of white supremacy, not a legitimate public health intervention.”

There are reflection/journaling prompts throughout that are so good. This book is so well written. Dalia uses personal examples and examples from others to provide context. Dalia covers everything from joyful movement to reshaping how your relationship with food to self love.

This book was a call-in for me to reflect on how I think and have privilege in healthcare spaces, even as a fat person, because I am white.

I cannot recommend this book enough. Whether you’ve read many #AntiDiet books or you’ve read none. This is a book the world needed.

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