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.
Category Archives: Fat Positive
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.
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.
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.
A Merry Little Meet Cute
A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone was a cute, steamy Christmas-themed, fat-positive and sex-positive, M-F romance. Bee Hobbes is a twentysomething fat adult film star who is cast in a squeaky-clean holiday movie (think the Hallmark Channel) opposite her teenage boy band crush, Nolan Shaw, who has taken the roleContinue reading “A Merry Little Meet Cute”
Ship Wrecked
Ship Wrecked (2022) by Olivia Dade, is the third and final book in the series that began with Spoiler Alert (2020) and All the Feels (2021), with characters drawn from the fictional television series Gods of the Gates. It is undeniably and deliciously fat positive! Unusual for most romance novels, Dade begins mid-intercourse between theContinue reading “Ship Wrecked”
The Once and Future Witches
I absolutely loved The Once and Future Witches (2020) by Alix E. Harrow! From very near the first page, I was enthralled, I marked my first quote on page 12. (Marking a quote early on is usually a very good sign.) Juniper, Agnes, and Bella are three sisters separated for many years, but they nowContinue reading “The Once and Future Witches”
Like a Love Story
Like a Love Story (2019) by Abdi Nazemian is the historical queer coming-of-age story I never knew that I needed to read. It was a 2020 Stonewall Honor book and chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best YA books of all time, both designations well-deserved. It’s 1987, and Reza has just movedContinue reading “Like a Love Story”
The Book of Etta
The Book of Etta (2017) by Meg Elison is the second book in The Road to Nowhere series, which begins with The Book of the Unnamed Midwife. We meet Etta/ Eddy, a daughter of Nowhere, the town the Unnamed had come to after her long journey. Etta goes by Eddy when she is out raiding,Continue reading “The Book of Etta”
Reading While Fat 