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Fearing the Black Body

The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

by Sabrina Strings ...

Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationHow the female body has been racialized for over two hundred yearsThere is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as “diseased ... Read more

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Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationHow the female body has been racialized for over two hundred yearsThere is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as “diseased
... Read more

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The End of Love

Racism, Sexism, and the Death of Romance

by Sabrina Strings ...

From Playboy to Jay-Z, the racial origins of toxic masculinity and its impact on women, especially Black and “insufficiently white” womenMore men than ever are refusing loving partnerships and commitment, and instead seeking out “situationships.” When these men deign to articulate what they are looking for in a steady partner, they’ll often rely on superficial norms of attractiveness rooted in ... Read more

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From Playboy to Jay-Z, the racial origins of toxic masculinity and its impact on women, especially Black and “insufficiently white” womenMore men than ever are refusing loving partnerships and commitment, and instead seeking out “situationships.” When these men deign to articulate what they are looking for in a steady partner, they’ll often rely on superficial norms of attractiveness rooted in
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Fearing the Black Body

The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

by Sabrina Strings ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred yearsThere is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as "diseased" and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago.Strings weaves together an eye ... Read more

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How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred yearsThere is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as "diseased" and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago.Strings weaves together an eye
... Read more

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The End of Love

Racism, Sexism, and the Death of Romance

by Sabrina Strings ...

Narrated by Janice Lynn Sykes ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

From Playboy to Jay-Z, the racial origins of toxic masculinity and its impact on women, especially Black and “insufficiently white” womenMore men than ever are refusing loving partnerships and commitment, and instead seeking out “situationships.” When these men deign to articulate what they are looking for in a steady partner, they’ll often rely on superficial norms of attractiveness rooted in ... Read more

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From Playboy to Jay-Z, the racial origins of toxic masculinity and its impact on women, especially Black and “insufficiently white” womenMore men than ever are refusing loving partnerships and commitment, and instead seeking out “situationships.” When these men deign to articulate what they are looking for in a steady partner, they’ll often rely on superficial norms of attractiveness rooted in
... Read more

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Belly of the Beast

The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness

by Da'Shaun L. Harrison ...

Narrated by Da'Shaun L. Harrison ...

Unabridged

3 hours 29 min

**The 2022 Lammy Award Winner in Transgender Nonfiction**Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness. Hyper-policed by state and society, passed over for housing and jobs, and derided and misdiagnosed by ... Read more

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**The 2022 Lammy Award Winner in Transgender Nonfiction**Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness. Hyper-policed by state and society, passed over for housing and jobs, and derided and misdiagnosed by
... Read more

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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

by Aubrey Gordon ...

Narrated by Samara Naeymi ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social ... Read more

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From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social
... Read more

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The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition

The Power of Radical Self-Love

by Sonya Renee Taylor ...

Narrated by Sonya Renee Taylor ...

Unabridged

5 hours 11 min

New York Times bestseller! "To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves. . . . 'The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace."-Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and Executive Director, African American Policy ForumIn a revolutionary departure from the capitalist-driven self-help and body-positivity ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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New York Times bestseller! "To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves. . . . 'The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace."-Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and Executive Director, African American Policy ForumIn a revolutionary departure from the capitalist-driven self-help and body-positivity
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"You Just Need to Lose Weight"

And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

by Aubrey Gordon ...

Narrated by Aubrey Gordon ...

Series Audiobook 13 - Myths Made in America
Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN INDIE BESTSELLER**“One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.”—Jameela Jamil, iWeigh PodcastThe co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice**The pushback that shows ... Read more

$24.00 USD

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN INDIE BESTSELLER**“One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.”—Jameela Jamil, iWeigh PodcastThe co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice**The pushback that shows
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Belly of the Beast

The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness

by Da'Shaun L. Harrison ...

**The 2022 Lammy Award Winner in Transgender Nonfiction**Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness. Hyper-policed by state and society, passed over for housing and jobs, and derided and misdiagnosed by ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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**The 2022 Lammy Award Winner in Transgender Nonfiction**Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness. Hyper-policed by state and society, passed over for housing and jobs, and derided and misdiagnosed by
... Read more

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"You Just Need to Lose Weight"

And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

by Aubrey Gordon ...

Series Book 13 - Myths Made in America
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN INDIE BESTSELLER**“One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.”—Jameela Jamil, iWeigh PodcastThe co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice**The pushback that shows ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN INDIE BESTSELLER**“One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.”—Jameela Jamil, iWeigh PodcastThe co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice**The pushback that shows
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

by Aubrey Gordon ...

From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people.Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social
... Read more

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The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition

The Power of Radical Self-Love

by Sonya Renee Taylor ...

Your body was never the problem.This landmark book by activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor makes the case that body shame isn't a personal flaw—it's a social and political tool used to control us. Radical self-love is the antidote, and this fully updated second edition gives you both the understanding and the practice to build it.What's inside:A clear distinction between radical self-love, body ... Read more

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Your body was never the problem.This landmark book by activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor makes the case that body shame isn't a personal flaw—it's a social and political tool used to control us. Radical self-love is the antidote, and this fully updated second edition gives you both the understanding and the practice to build it.What's inside:A clear distinction between radical self-love, body
... Read more

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