The Manor House Governess (pub. November 7, 2023) by C.A. Castle is a unicorn–a novel that feels like a classic with the writing, the setting and the plot, but is supremely modern with its genderfluid protagonist named Brontë–shortened to Bron. Orphaned young, Bron lives at boarding school, where they don’t fit in with the otherContinue reading “The Manor House Governess”
Category Archives: Fat Positive
The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom
The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom (2023) by Allison L. Bitz is a delightful fat-positive YA novel of self-discovery with some romance. As the novel open, Bridget is moving in to her dorm room at her performing arts boarding school in Chicago–it’s a pipeline to Broadway and her parents sold land back in Nebraska so that sheContinue reading “The Unstoppable Bridget Bloom”
Circle of Magic Quartet
The Circle of Magic Quartet (1997-1999) by Tamora Pierce consists of Sandry’s Book (#1), Tris’s Book (#2), Daja’s Book (#3) and Briar’s Book (#4). Pierce is a prolific and beloved author, and the Circle of Magic is a beloved middle grade fantasy series that I missed out on because I was in my young adultContinue reading “Circle of Magic Quartet”
Does My Body Offend You?
Does My Body Offend You? (2022) by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt is a unique, timely story told from the alternating perspectives of two teen girls from different backgrounds, who meet when they are both new to their suburban Florida high school. Malena has just moved to be near extended family from Puerto Rico afterContinue reading “Does My Body Offend You?”
Too Soon for Adiós
Too Soon for Adiós by Annette Chavez Macias (2023) was an impulse library shelf pick that surprised me with how good it was! (For being a random pick I knew nothing about.) As the book opens, twenty-nine year old Gabby is dealing with the death of her mother from cancer. She had quit her sous-chefContinue reading “Too Soon for Adiós”
Fat Witch Summer
For a light, fat-positive YA fantasy involving magic, a road trip, and friendship, check out Fat Witch Summer by Lizzie Ives
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.
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”
Reading While Fat 