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Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen
18 reviews
amylangdown_'s review
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, and Self harm
revonue's review
3.5
Graphic: Fatphobia
emshawkes's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia
junglejelly's review against another edition
5.0
This is by no means a thorough delve into fat liberation (it isn't meant to be) but it's such a good start.
On a personal note, some topics really hit home but overall really helped me explore the relationship with my body.
I would recommend this to everyone and anyone, no matter your size!
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Eating disorder and Emotional abuse
Minor: Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
niamh15's review
4.0
Moderate: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
noahsingh's review
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape
becausebrenna's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Fatphobia
bashsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
That said, I do have a few small gripes with this book. It's full of words that describe complex and nuanced things, but it doesn't have much room for many explanations (although Hagen does her best to provide definitions for many of them). This creates kind of a confusing buzzword effect, especially if you're not familiar with a lot of this language (thankfully, I knew most of these words beforehand). Jumping off of this, Hagen makes a lot of references to those with experiences she doesn't personally have - for example, being a person of color or being transgender. I appreciate the interviews with fat people who have these characteristics, but as a transgender person myself, there are moments where it feels like her understanding of gender has not fully surpassed that of the average liberal white woman. That is disappointing. (She has a joke where she uses the word "non-men" and talks about putting all the men in jail so the "non-men" can have fun. I'm not a fan of this new binary.)
Overall, this is a very educational book, and I am glad I read it. It was good start for educating me about fat liberation, and I can't wait to get into some of the other media Hagen recommends. I'm also going to check out some of her comedy.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Toxic friendship
-Diet culturenaddl0r's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexism, Medical trauma, and Classism
kylieqrada's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Mental illness
Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Sexual harassment