anti-fat bullying – Reading While Fat

Camp Sylvania

I loved reading Camp Sylvania (2023) by Julie Murphy, as an adult with a child who is now also an adult. I so wish that there had been books like it when I was a fat child or even a fat parent of a child. Books like Camp Sylvania are so, so needed, so thatContinue reading “Camp Sylvania”

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.

Big Boned

Big Boned (2021) by Jo Watson was a random library pick based on its title, cover, and jacket copy, which begins “Can she be herself in a one-size-fits-all world?” I knew that I had to read this young adult romance, which promised to be fat positive. Lori is a high school senior, an artist whoContinue reading “Big Boned”