Book description
From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.
Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that…
Why read it?
1 author picked What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Gordon really gets at the heart of why fatphobia is “unfair”.
Because, once again, it’s not just about name-calling. It’s about the fact that our economy, healthcare system, etc., use fatphobia to discriminate against fat people.
And in a way that I guaranteed to impact our quality of life.
From Clarkisha's list on The best books that will help you kill your inner fatphobe.
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