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Landwhale, on turning insults into nicknames, why body image is hard, and how diets can kiss my ass, Jes Baker

eng

Includes bibliographical references

autobiography

no index present

non fiction

Landwhale

993420130

Jes Baker

on turning insults into nicknames, why body image is hard, and how diets can kiss my ass

"In Landwhale, Jes Baker delves into her coming-of-age--including her 6 ways to hate your body (#2: Worship teen periodicals), her top tactics for reframing the malicious animal comparisons hurled repeatedly at fat women (see "Elephant: Everyone knows elephants are basically the coolest animals ever. Try again."), and as a bonus, Jes answers the Internet's most pressing question of all time: "So, have you ever thought about dieting?" With biting wit and arresting vulnerability, Baker also covers living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and feeling like a hobbit, fat sex, Harry Potter roller coasters, the problematic effects of online heroism, and the complicated conversation around weight-loss surgery. For anyone who grew up as a fat kid (or didn't, for that matter), who has traveled while fat, or who has simply lived in a fat body, Landwhale is a truthful and powerful account of the unforgiving ways our culture treats fatness--and how to live happily and freely anyway."--Page [4] of cover

This was all just a big mistake -- 6 ways to hate your body -- I was a fat kid -- I wasn't actually a fat kid -- The fat cowgirl position -- Landwhale -- Things I thought I couldn't do but then did -- HAES, hot mics, and other things I learned about the hard way -- I've never owned a body -- Sick -- Safety scares the shit out of me -- Three vaginas -- So, have you ever thought about dieting? -- Maybe I'm a hobbit? -- In praise of loud and fat women -- David and Goliath -- The pros and cons of being fat -- American billboard -- The bulletproof entity -- 6 ways to love your body

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