Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
By: Jes Baker
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
By the author of Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls and a heroine of the body image movement, an int…
Want to Read $ 9.99"I am not here for the men of this world--not as a scapegoat or a baby-maker, and certainly not solely for their sexual satisfaction. My purpose is far greater than shallow bullshit."-Jes Baker, Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
"I am not here for the men of this world--not as a scapegoat or a baby-maker, and certainly not solely for their sexual satisfaction. My purpose is far greater than shallow bullshit."-Jes Baker, Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
"How much are we allowed to change our bodies while still being body positive? Does that amount of change decrease if we call ourselves part of the fat acceptance movement? Does the community get to vote you out if you go over a line? Where is the line? Does a group of people on a social media platform count as a community?"-Jes Baker, Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
"How much are we allowed to change our bodies while still being body positive? Does that amount of change decrease if we call ourselves part of the fat acceptance movement? Does the community get to vote you out if you go over a line? Where is the line? Does a group of people on a social media platform count as a community?"-Jes Baker, Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
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1. Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
By: Linda Bacon
4.20
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or si… read more
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"Food is a wonderful source of pleasure—but it will get you into trouble if it’s the only source of pleasure you have in your life."-Linda Bacon, Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
2. Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #4)
By: Juliet Marillier
4.23
Format: 395 pages, Hardcover
A brand new novel in the beloved world of Sevenwaters, a fantasy series that should appeal to "Lord… read more
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"His touch was like a bard's on his instrument, and it awakened a deep and mysterious music in my body."-Juliet Marillier, Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #4)
"I should have realized, when Cathal kissed me in the hallway, that my response was the first raindrop heralding a storm."-Juliet Marillier, Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #4)
"If she were here I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off her. I would hold her so close she'd beg me to let her breathe. I'd kiss her so hard she'd plead for mercy. I'd unfasten her clothing and lie …"-Juliet Marillier, Heir to Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters, #4)
3. The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl: Loving the Skin You're In
By: Tess Holliday
3.50
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
Plus-size supermodel Tess Holliday's passionate plea for modern women, whoever and wherever they ar… read more
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4. Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion
By: None
3.68
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
In this fun, fresh, fat-positive anthology, fat activist and sex educator Virgie Tovar brings toget… read more
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5. Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
By: Lindy West
2.62
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible--like a… read more
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6. Dietland
By: Sarai Walker
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The diet revolution is here. And it's armed. Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because w… read more
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7. Titans of Chaos (Chronicles of Chaos, #3)
By: John C. Wright
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Hardcover
Titans of Chaoscompletes John Wright's The Chronicles of Chaos. Launched in Orphans of Chaos--a Neb… read more
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8. No One Can Pronounce My Name
By: Rakesh Satyal
4.45
Format: 122 pages, Hardcover
A Humorous And Tender Multigenerational Novel About Immigrants And Outsiders--Those Trying To Find … read more
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9. “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
By: Aubrey Gordon
4.33
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the fac… read more
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10. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
By: Sonya Renee Taylor
4.23
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
A global movement guided by love. Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of bel… read more
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"There is gorgeous potential and heinous instinct in us all."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"The most powerful antidote to a world of body terrorism is a world of compassion. Giving yourself the gift of grace is an act of revolution!"-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
11. Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
By: Kate Manne
4.25
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
The definitive takedown of fatphobia, drawing on personal experience as well as rigorous research t… read more
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12. What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
By: Aubrey Gordon
4.41
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias faci… read more
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13. Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
By: Christy Harrison
4.29
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In Anti-Diet, Christy Harrison takes on diet culture and the multi-billion-dollar industries that p… read more
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14. Chilling Effect (Chilling Effect, #1)
By: Valerie Valdes
3.53
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
A hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and … read more
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15. Into the Fire (Vatta's Peace, #2)
By: Elizabeth Moon
4.09
Format: 462 pages, Hardcover
In this new military sci-fi thriller from the author of Cold Welcome, space fleet commander Kylara … read more
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16. The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being
By: Christy Harrison
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing critique of modern wellness culture and how it stands in the way of true well-being that … read more
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17. You Have the Right to Remain Fat
By: Virgie Tovar
4.27
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Growing up as a fat girl, Virgie Tovar believed that her body was something to be fixed. But after … read more
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"Any future that doesn't center the eradication of oppression and collective freedom is not a future worth imagining."-Virgie Tovar, You Have the Right to Remain Fat
"You cannot earn freedom through conformity. You cannot buy your way in And we can only claim it when we recognize it is already ours."-Virgie Tovar, You Have the Right to Remain Fat
"My life wouldn't be easier if I were thin. My life would be easier if this culture wasn't obsessed with oppressing me because I'm fat. The solution to a problem like bigotry is not to do everything i…"-Virgie Tovar, You Have the Right to Remain Fat
"I think about the thousand ways that the women in my family were silently (and sometimes outright) expected to give up their lives, their dreams, and their desires, so that they could become the glor…"-Virgie Tovar, You Have the Right to Remain Fat
18. The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy
By: Caroline Dooner
4.04
Format: 304 pages, ebook
From comedian and ex-diet junkie Caroline Dooner, an inspirational guide that will help you stop di… read more
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"Sugar is addictive like oxygen is addictive. Your body fucking needs it."-Caroline Dooner, The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy
19. Steel Crow Saga
By: Paul Krueger
3.90
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Four destinies collide in a unique fantasy world of war and wonders, where empire is won with encha… read more
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"Escape now, feelings later."-Paul Krueger, Steel Crow Saga
"But forgiveness was a journey, not a choice."-Paul Krueger, Steel Crow Saga
"The wise king is the one who knows he isn't."-Paul Krueger, Steel Crow Saga
"You can do anything if you love someone enough."-Paul Krueger, Steel Crow Saga
20. Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
By: Jes Baker
3.97
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
By the author of Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls and a heroine of the body image movement, an int… read more
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- self help
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- feminism
- humor
- nonfiction
- social justice
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"I am not here for the men of this world--not as a scapegoat or a baby-maker, and certainly not solely for their sexual satisfaction. My purpose is far greater than shallow bullshit."-Jes Baker, Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
"How much are we allowed to change our bodies while still being body positive? Does that amount of change decrease if we call ourselves part of the fat acceptance movement? Does the community get to v…"-Jes Baker, Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
21. Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You
By: Sofie Hagen
4.24
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life … read more
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"We constantly have to reach an impossible standard in order to just be taken a little bit seriously, and you can't help but wonder if it's all a trick. If we are meant to be too busy applying lipstic…"-Sofie Hagen, Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You
