I’m disgusted by what they have to put up with. What would I do without my friends who are fat? The world is missing out on seeing their light and genius. We all deserve to be able to wear clothes without thinking about tugging them into place all day. I have been recently helping a tall/ fat friend learn to sew their own clothes because it’s almost impossible to buy clothes even online for their sizing. They were 27 and otherwise pronounced healthy very recently by a doctor.
They literally died because the staff did not treat treat them within the consideration of their body weight. I love so many people who are visibly categorized as fat… and I lost a loved one because they were not treated properly at the emergency room. I have known about this issue for years but I never got a clearer understanding of it as in this book. So worthwhile! I’m one of the people who was labeled “normal” BMI one day and, at the same weight the next day, I was labeled “overweight.” In other words, I’m not really fat, it’s a made up thing. This book is so well packed with good information, both statistical and human/emotional. 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.Īs conversations about fat acceptance and fat justice continue to grow, “You Just Need to Lose Weight” will be essential to ensure that those conversations are informed, effective, and grounded in both research and history.Įxcellent research behind it, so informative! In “You Just Need to Lose Weight,” Aubrey Gordon equips listeners 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. Yet, these myths are as readily debunked as they are pervasive. Fat acceptance “glorifies obesity.” The BMI is an objective measure of size and health. We’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Losing weight is easy-calories in, calories out. The pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes exceedingly predicable form. 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 I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.”-Jameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast “One of the great thinkers of our generation.
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