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Weightless: Making Space for my Resilient Body and Soul

This is a great book of essays dealing with the intersectionality of anti-fatness, racism, misogyny, and chronic illness, written by an astute observer of pop culture.

Hope and Glory

Recommend if you’re interested in a family drama set in London with a Nigerian-British family and a sister who’s just come home after her father has died and her family has fallen apart.

Only This Beautiful Moment

Please read this queer YA contemporary/ historical fiction set in LA and Iran, telling the story of three generations of Iranian men, that also has fat-positive representation.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Beautifully written, full of quotable lines, Zevin has created a story about the art of making games that also deals with grief and the heartache of the world, and how to keep making art through it all.

100th Review–Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture

100th Review! Comment on this post to enter a celebratory giveaway of Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, a can’t-miss book for any parents who have concerns about raising their kids to survive, think for themselves, and thrive, whatever their size, in our current diet culture.

The Dark Side of the Road

Interested in a Christmastime locked-room manor house mystery with both science fiction and supernatural elements? Look no further.

One to Watch

Sigh. It could have been so much better. Great that there was a fat lead on a reality dating show. But the author reinforced anti-fat and racist stereotypes while trying to do something good. Sigh.

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe

This is an OK, weight-neutral chick lit read lacking in racial representation but set in a southern town. Where are the black people?

You Just Need to Lose Weight

You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon (2023) is an exhaustively-researched compendium that is a welcome and necessary addition to all fat positive and anti-diet culture libraries. Gordon, co-host of the brilliant podcast Maintenance Phase and author of the equally brilliant What We Don’t Talk AboutContinue reading “You Just Need to Lose Weight”

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

Looking for a cute, fat-positive, YA romance mixed with chick-lit (friendship and family drama)? Don’t miss Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado.