Two Whole Cakes

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In the age of The Biggest Loser and the war on obesity, we re pressured to conform to certain body standards at any cost Sure, everyone should eat right and get exercise, but what if you do that and you still don t fit into the clothes at the mall In Two Whole Cakes, Fatshionista extraordinaire Lesley Kinzeltells stories, gives advice, and challenges stereotypes about being and feeling fat Kinzel says no to diet fads and pills, shows by example how to stop hating your body, celebrates self acceptance at any size, and urges you to finally accept the truth your body is not a tragedy Lesley Kinzel, who co founded the blog Fatshionista, is an online celebrity in the communities of size acceptance, fashion, and women s issues She has her own blog on body politics in the media, Two Whole Cakes, is an associate editor at xoJane, and has become the go to fatty for all things fashion and pop culture. Read Two Whole Cakes – kino-fada.fr Yes Just yes If you, like me, have ever looked at a fat person thought, Why can t they just eat less you need to read this book If you, like me, have ever looked in the mirror thought, Why am I so fat gross you need to read this book Will I look at a fat person ever again wonder why they can t just lose some weight No, I will not Will I feel ashamed about the wobbly skin that s still around my middle from my pregnancy No, I will not When I tell someone I ve Yes Just yes If you, like me, have ever looked at a fat person thought, Why can t they jus...I like Lesley I always read her pieces at XOJane because every time without fault they are interesting, well written, and informative In fact, she is the reason I found out about XOJane in the first place She is one of those people who exist on the Internet because, like, I live in Greece guys but who with their presence have made me feel better about myself, and generally made me happier.So yeah, when my favorite fat blogger publishes a book about body acceptance you bet your ass I m going I like Lesley I always read her pieces at XOJane because every time without fault they are interesting, well written, and informative In fact, she is the reason I found out ...I feel like the whole book can be summed up by Lesley s motto Your body is not a tragedy I was pretty familiar with Lesley s work from her blog and XOJane so a lot of the book was familiar territory But for people not as familiar with her work, it s a great primer on how to accept all bodies Even with the knowledge of some of the stories like the titular Two Whole Cakes episode it was still a really fun, great read I got through the whole book in one day, if that gives any idea how much I feel like the whole book can be summed up by Lesley s motto Your body is not a tragedy I was pretty familiar with Lesley s work from her blog and XOJane so a lot of the book was familiar territory But for people not a...Maybe my expectations for this book were too high, but the lack of narrative arc and lack of chapter section divisions didn t work for me The writing, of course, is amazing if somewhat lacking in the snark level I ve come to love from Lesley s b...There was one thing that I did not like about this book, and while I feel it s a little bit inappropriate to open a four star review with that sentence, I feel it needs to be done as my issue is with the title Well, I suppose rather with the subtitle How to stop dieting and love your body This is not a how to book, in any sense I suppose the title might be for marketing purposes, although it seems strange that it has such an upbeat, self helpy title, considering that it is even put out by There was one thing that I did not like about this book, and while I feel it s a little bit inappropriate to open a four star review with that sentence, I feel it needs to be done as my issue is with the title Well, I suppose rather with the subtitle How to stop dieting and love your body This is not a how to book, in any sense I suppose the title might be for marketing purposes, al...I would give it 5 stars for the concept, but am only give 4 because there was a lot of redundancy in the writing That aside, the basic concept of the book is that women particularly are conditioned from an early age to hyperfocus on the appearance of our bodies not only to the distraction of the function of our bodies but to the detriment of our social and emotional health as well Why do we not appreciate the bodies we have for all they enable us to do, rather than the vast majority of us I would give it 5 stars for the concept, but am only give 4 because there was a lot of redundancy in the writing That aside, the basic concept of the book is that women particularly are conditioned from an early age to hyperfocus on the appearance of our bodies not only to the distraction of the function of our bodies but to the detriment of our social and emotional health as well Why do we not appreciate the bodies we have for all they enable us to do, rather than the vast majority of us being constantly aware of how our bodies and therefore our selves are getting in our way of everything from being happy to being loved to deserving respect One of the concepts that will stick with me is that women have no OBLIGATION to be beautiful Sure, the concept of beautiful at any size is nice, but ultimately beauty is but one of the many c...Having recently been spendingtime than usual considering my weight for reasons legitimate potential future health complications and not so legitimate nasty comment made to me about it , this book came along at the perfect time The book is author Lesley Kinzel s personal reflections on growing up and living today as a fat woman, as well as her thoughts on how ridiculous and unjustified the whole fear of fat is in our culture This thought was captured in her title, which makes referenc Having recently been spendingtime than usual considering my weight for reasons legitimate potential...I appreciate that the author didn t just talk about what fat people can do to love themselves butso shared the message that Everyone deserves respect and justice no matter what they look like and that yo...An absolute delight, with plenty of food for thought and a good chuckle or three along the way Consistent with Lesley s earlier writing online Clear, palatable and no bullshit, Lesley smashes the dominant paradigm with this very reader friendly book.I really didn t like this book, which is funny because I like Lesley s articles on xoJane This was actually a manual on how to get made fun of and how to stand outin a bad way I had to stop reading.

Two Whole Cakes
  • English
  • 17 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 160 pages
  • 1558617930
  • Lesley Kinzel
  • Two Whole Cakes