Landwhale : on turning insults into nicknames, why body image is hard, and how diets can kiss my ass / Jes Baker.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: New York, NY : Seal Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionWhakaahuatanga: xii, 253 pages ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781580056816
- 1580056814
- 362.1963/980092 B 23
- RC552.O25 B35 2018
- WD 210
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Nonfiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 92 BAKE (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2184063 |
Includes bibliographical references.
This was all just a big mistake -- 6 ways to hate your body -- I was a fat kid -- I wasn't actually a fat kid -- The fat cowgirl position -- Landwhale -- Things I thought I couldn't do but then did -- HAES, hot mics, and other things I learned about the hard way -- I've never owned a body -- Sick -- Safety scares the shit out of me -- Three vaginas -- So, have you ever thought about dieting? -- Maybe I'm a hobbit? -- In praise of loud and fat women -- David and Goliath -- The pros and cons of being fat -- American billboard -- The bulletproof entity -- 6 ways to love your body.
"In Landwhale, Jes Baker delves into her coming-of-age--including her 6 ways to hate your body (#2: Worship teen periodicals), her top tactics for reframing the malicious animal comparisons hurled repeatedly at fat women (see "Elephant: Everyone knows elephants are basically the coolest animals ever. Try again."), and as a bonus, Jes answers the Internet's most pressing question of all time: "So, have you ever thought about dieting?" With biting wit and arresting vulnerability, Baker also covers living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and feeling like a hobbit, fat sex, Harry Potter roller coasters, the problematic effects of online heroism, and the complicated conversation around weight-loss surgery. For anyone who grew up as a fat kid (or didn't, for that matter), who has traveled while fat, or who has simply lived in a fat body, Landwhale is a truthful and powerful account of the unforgiving ways our culture treats fatness--and how to live happily and freely anyway."--Page [4] of cover.
Baker delves into her coming-of-age, living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, the problematic effects of online heroism, and the complicated conversation around weight-loss surgery. For anyone who grew up as a fat kid, or has simply lived in a fat body, she provides a truthful and powerful account of the unforgiving ways our culture treats fatness-- and how to live happily and freely anyway. Along the way she answers the Internet's most pressing question of all time: "So, have you ever thought about dieting?" -- adopted from back cover.
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