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Content: " A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &ldquo,ne of the great thinkers of our generation . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.&rdquo,mdash,ameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice The pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes exceedingly predicable form. Losing weight is easy&mdash,alories in, calories out. Fat people are unhealthy. We&rsquo,e in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Fat acceptance &ldquo,lorifies obesity.&rdquo,The BMI is an objective measure of size and health. Yet, these myths are as readily debunked as they are pervasive. In &ldquo,ou Just Need to Lose Weight,&rdquo,/i〉 Aubrey Gordon equips readers with the facts and figures to reframe myths about fatness in order to dismantle the anti-fat bias ingrained in how we think about and treat fat people. Bringing her dozen years of community organizing and training to bear, Gordon shares the rhetorical approaches she and other organizers employ to not only counter these pernicious myths, but to dismantle the anti-fat bias that so often underpin them. As conversations about fat acceptance and fat justice continue to grow, &ldquo,ou Just Need to Lose Weight&rdquo,/i〉 will be essential to ensure that those conversations are informed, effective, and grounded in both research and history."

Content: Biographisches: " Aubrey Gordon writes under the pseudonym of &ldquo,our Fat Friend,&rdquo,illuminating the experiences of fat people and urging greater compassion for people of all sizes. Her work has reached millions of readers and has been translated into 19 languages. She is co-host of the Maintenace Phase podcast and a columnist with SELF magazine. Her work has also been featured in Health magazine, Vox , and Gay Mag , among others. She lives in the Northwest, where she works as a writer and organizer. Connect with her at yourfatfriend.com, and as YrFatFriend on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 3, 2022 Podcaster Gordon ( What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat ) interrogates misperceptions about fatness in this helpful handbook for those “struggling to interrupt moments of anti-fatness in their daily lives.” Among other myths, Gordon debunks the notions that fatness is a choice, that obesity is the leading cause of death in the U.S., that fat acceptance “glorifies obesity,” that weight loss “is the result of healthy choices and should be celebrated,” and that “fat bodies are not to be seen, discussed, observed, or embraced.” Many sections conclude with a short list of questions for reflection, designed to help people of diverse body types recognize and combat anti-fat bias—for example, by not offering unsolicited weight-loss compliments. Gordon also highlights the links between anti-Blackness and anti-fatness and exposes the biases implicit in “body positivity” advertising campaigns by Dove and other corporations. Throughout, Gordon interweaves personal reflections on her own experiences as a self-described “fat lady” with sharp cultural and scientific analysis to make a persuasive case that “our bodies are neither reflections of our character nor comeuppance for bad actions.” The result is a lucid and impassioned guide to combatting negative stereotypes about body size." Rezension(3): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: December 1, 2022 Gordon's latest (after What We Don't Talk about When We Talk about Fat, 2020) debunks common myths about fat people--losing weight is easy, skinny means healthy, fat people should pay for a second airplane seat--and in doing so, she leads readers on a deep exploration of the many facets of anti-fatness. A fat woman herself, Gordon uses personal experience to frame the book, but this is no memoir. Instead, as she does on her podcast, Maintenance Phase, she grounds her arguments in good data, using scientifically sound studies to make her points. She also reveals the bad science that has led to some of society's most insidious notions about fatness, like the idea that short-term weight loss works (studies show it leads to long-term weight gain) or that BMI objectively measures size and health (it is based on pseudoscience and rooted in racism). Throughout, she acknowledges the intersection of anti-Blackness and anti-fatness. Most chapters end with questions for further thought or opportunities for action. Densely written, this thought-provoking treatise on fatness will give readers of all sizes plenty to think about. COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

Language: English

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