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shinypurplepants's review against another edition
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 🥰
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Transphobia, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria
tmchopra's review
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Transphobia
blackcatkai's review against another edition
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!
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!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Colonisation
watson_my_shelf's review
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Racism
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
*Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC
This book is a must-read for anyone sick of white-centric concepts and messages of wellness, and a much welcomed volume of affirmation and love for QTBIPOC folks seeking to rediscover and re-center their well-being after being marginalized by the health industrial complex and society at large for so long.
This book is a must-read for anyone sick of white-centric concepts and messages of wellness, and a much welcomed volume of affirmation and love for QTBIPOC folks seeking to rediscover and re-center their well-being after being marginalized by the health industrial complex and society at large for so long.
Decolonizing Wellness's incisive and no holds barred critique of white supremacy-fueled wellness got me nodding and going "yesss" on almost every page. It's very refreshing to see the author tell it like it is, reiterating the fact that racism, inequality, and inequity are systemic issues, not personal ones. The intersection of race theories, gender, bodies is intriguing, and the journaling breaks are a great way to offer a practical outlet for the book's ideas, instead of merely limiting it as theoretical concepts, although there are minor typos and grammatical errors.
I truly hope this book finds success, because the world and QTBIPOC folks definitely need it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Slavery and Medical trauma
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