A review by frednamode
Fat Is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach

Did not finish book. Stopped at 80%.
really missed the point of eating disorders
had high hopes and was disappointed
ED are not about subconsciously making a statement with your body, they’re about control!!! When you feel helpless in every other aspect of your life, food is all you have power over and so obsessive behaviour manifests. 
The book focuses entirely on what the size of women means about their psyche and doesn’t comment on their relationship with food which is ultimately the much more important issue. A binge eating disorder is about instant gratification and self hatred and drowning out pain, it’s not, as this book tries to suggest, a secret desire to get fat. Binging is an addiction. Do smokers have a secret desire to get lung cancer? No, they’re just trying to briefly forget about their problems 
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