Fat! So?

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Fat Chunky Less than svelte So what In this hilarious and eye opening book, fat and proud activist zinester Marilyn Wann takes on Americas biggest fear worse than the fear of public speaking or nuclear weapons our fear of fat.Statistics tell us that about a third of Americans are fat, and common sense adds that just about everyone, fat or thin, male or female, has worried about their appearance FAT SO weighs in with a attractive alternative feeling good about yourself at any weight and having the style and attitude to back it up Internationally recognized as a fat positive spokesperson, Wann has learned that you can be absolutely happy, healthy, and successfuland fat With its hilarious and insightful blend of essays, quizzes, facts, and reporting, FAT SO proves that you can be out and out fabulous at any size. New Download [ Fat! So? ] by [ Marilyn Wann ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I was conflicted over 2 or 3 stars here, but as a fellow zine writer, I ll go with 3 I love how Wann describes writing zines as a hobby that can change your life it s pretty true Anyway, I think this is a valuable book for anyone who thinks dieting is a lifelong necessity just to achieve some ideal weight which is lots of folks I did come away with some new information about the diet industry and how diets work not very well, apparently The issue I had with Fat So was that it spent I was conflicted over 2 or 3 stars here, but as a fellow zine writer, I ll go with 3 I love how Wann describes writing zines as a hobby that can change your life it s pretty true Anyway, I think this is a valuable book for anyone who thinks dieting is a lifelong necessity just to achieve some ideal weight which is lots of folks I did come away with s...I picked this book off my shelf for a re read, and coming to GoodReads to check out other readers reviews has been part of the process my review is in part a response to other reviews.For some reason, the Fat Acceptance movement has a tendency to ignore its roots and forebearers Many of its leaders also have the bad habit of ignoring collective work a...This is the complete review as it appears at my blog dedicated to reading, writing no rithmatic , movies, TV Blog reviews often contain links which are not reproduced here, nor will updates or modifications to the blog review be replicated here Graphic and children s reviews on the blog typically feature two or three images from the book s interior, which are not reproduced here.Note that I don t really do stars To me a book is either worth reading or it isn t I can t rate it three This is the complete review as it appears at my blog dedicated to reading, writing no rithmatic , movies, TV Blog reviews often contain links which are not reproduced here, nor will updates or modifications to the blog review be replicated here Graphic and children s reviews on the blog typically feature two or three images from the book s interior, ...Fantastic Flabulous Funny.When someone reveals something that, in retrospect, is obvious but had been unseen before said revelation i have an ahhhh feeling, and wish it had been me that revealed it That happens repeatedly throughout this book On page 82 under Beating a Horse of a Different Color she begins You ll often hear someone say It s my fault that I m fat Well, you know what It s my fault I m white It really is What follows is nothing short of genius IMHO If I car Fantastic Flabulous Funny.When someone reveals something that, in retrospect, is obvious but had been unseen before said revelation i have an ahhhh feeling, and wish it had been me that revealed it That happens repeatedly throughout this book On page 82 under Beating a Horse of a Different Color she begins You ll often hear someone say It s my fault that I m fat Well, you know what It s my fault I m w...we read this book for feminist book club it was pretty awesome i expected it to be good, but it exceeded my expectations the only reason i m not boosting it up to five stars is because a lot of the info, references, issues in it were super 90s centric the book was published in the 90s i bet that shit seemed timely relevant then, but there are 25 year olds in my book club who were totally baffled by some of it i liked the 90s shit though, because i am old this is kind of we read this book for feminist book club it was pretty awesome i expected it to be good, but it exceeded my expectations the only reason i m not boosting it up to five stars is because a lot of the info, references, issues in it were ...This book was suggested to me, which i suppose is okay, except it s doubtful even the most size accepting diva and I am certainly not she would probably have some kind of resistence to being offered this book Either because she could write it herself or because she s still hasn t gotten there yet.Nevertheless, I think the book, despite this rather creative use of stats, medical journal entries and such is really interesting I realize it was started as zine and so the writing is not as refi This book was suggested to me, which i suppose is okay, except it s doubtful even the most size accepting diva and I am certainly not she would probably have some kind of resistence to being offered this book Either because she could write it herself or because she s still hasn t gotten there yet.Nevertheless, I think the book, despite this rather creative use of stats, medical journal entries and such is really interesting I realize it was started as zine and so the writing is not as refined as one might expect, but there are gems in here.I think many people who search for a means to find...A just ok introduction to fat acceptance Try to keep in mind that it was written over 15 years ago, when fat acceptance and fat studies basically didn t really exist yet Back then, this would have inspired the crap out of me Reading it now, there are some definite issues.Wann tends to completely ignore intersectionality One one page it says hey remember that other groups get oppressed to, maybe fight for them as well There might be two other quick references to how healthy food is kept A just ok introduction to fat acceptance Try to keep in mind that it was written over 15 years ago, when fat acceptance and fat studies basically didn t really exist yet Back then, this would have inspired the crap out of me Reading it now, there are some definite issues.Wann tends to completely ignore intersectionality One one page it says hey remember that other groups get oppressed to, maybe fight for them as well There might be two other quick references to how healthy food is kept out of the hands of the poor who are often POC due to ...Fat So is now a decade old book created from even older zines But, the age of the book and its content has little to nothing to do with its very real approach to the issue of being fat in a BMI obsessed world.I would have given it five stars save for the obvious to me skewing of statistics, percentages, and Random Scientific Facts tm to turn the bookto the persuasive writing side of things rather than just getting out there what needs to be out there about being a modern day fatso Fat So is now a decade old book created from even older zines But, the age of the book and its content has little to nothing to do with its very real approach to the issue of being fat in a BMI obsessed world.I would have given it five stars save for the obvious to me skewing of statistics, percentages, and Random Scientific Facts tm to turn the bookto the persuasive writing side of things rather than just getting out there what needs to be out there about being a modern day fatso One that springs to mind is the overwhelmingly huge percentage of overweight women who say they are happy in their relationships, sexually satisfied, and have an orgasm most of the time when they have sex as compared to the relatively low percentage of thin normal weight women This only makes me think that fat women areeasily plea...This is fat liberation 101 This is a must read for anyone living in our fat phobic world, and that means you I wrote the following review for the Summer 1999 issue of the Minnesota Social Responsibility Round Table Newsletter There is no weight minimum required to delight in this book fatsos of all sizes will find it a pleasure.Based on a zine started in 1993, Fat Sois fun and informative Its history as a zine is apparent in its bold graphics, enlightening sidebars, and cool extras such as This is fat liberation 101 This is a must read for anyone living in our fat phobic world, and that means you I wrote the following review for the Summer 1999 issue of the Minneso...I Love This Book I do I d heard about it years ago, and I figured it would be some silly self help thing with secret you should diet messages in the back somewhere However, I wasthan excited to find out I was wrong Not only does Ms Wann and her contributors suggest that fat beautiful, but they back it up with, yes, cheerleadery stuff, AND facts and figures NO, being fat DOESN T cause diabetes and other health problems Dieting Only works about 90% of t...

Fat! So?
  • English
  • 16 December 2018
  • Paperback
  • 216 pages
  • 0898159954
  • Marilyn Wann
  • Fat! So?