“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
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- Create Date：2023-01-04 05:19:30
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Aubrey Gordon
- ISBN：B09XM4GG74
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Reviews
Traci Thomas
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Really good work on anti fat discrimination。 Detailed and organized in a very clear effective way。 For both fat and thin people。 A really commitment to intersectionality and activism。 Only drawback is that it got redundant by the end。
maddie （thenmaddieread）
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Absolutely required reading for anyone looking to deconstruct their fat-hatred。 Aubrey is a clear and entertaining writer with tons of citations for further reading， and each chapter ends with some reflection questions or calls to action。 Read with a pencil in hand。I do think that structurally， the book could have been improved by combining some of the chapters。 It's tough to have a longer， scientifically-based debunking chapter with lots of citations followed up by one or two more social-emotio Absolutely required reading for anyone looking to deconstruct their fat-hatred。 Aubrey is a clear and entertaining writer with tons of citations for further reading， and each chapter ends with some reflection questions or calls to action。 Read with a pencil in hand。I do think that structurally， the book could have been improved by combining some of the chapters。 It's tough to have a longer， scientifically-based debunking chapter with lots of citations followed up by one or two more social-emotional ones， which are just as important but are often noticeably shorter and tougher to base in anything more substantial than "this is clearly very mentally harmful。" There are a few of them that could have been combined into one more impactful chapter but clearly got broken apart to hit 20 myths。Thank you Beacon and Edelweiss for the ARC！ 。。。more
Jessica - How Jessica Reads
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Not as funny or profane as Maintenance Phase; but Gordon's voice still clearly resonates。 Each chapter includes a fat-related myth that is carefully debunked， and then ends with reflection questions and action steps， making You Just Need to Lose Weight an excellent tool for those working to end anti-fat bias。 Not as funny or profane as Maintenance Phase; but Gordon's voice still clearly resonates。 Each chapter includes a fat-related myth that is carefully debunked， and then ends with reflection questions and action steps， making You Just Need to Lose Weight an excellent tool for those working to end anti-fat bias。 。。。more
BiblioBeruthiel
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If you're a big Maintenance Phase/Aubrey Gordon fan already then some of this you will have heard before but this is a great read for anyone。 Highly recommend it！ If you're a big Maintenance Phase/Aubrey Gordon fan already then some of this you will have heard before but this is a great read for anyone。 Highly recommend it！ 。。。more
Morgan
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“You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon is one of my most anticipated releases of 2023 and it didn’t disappoint。 Gordon does a fantastic job of explaining （and debunking） common myths people hold about fatness as well as giving people reflection questions and some applicable steps to combat the myths in daily life。 I highly recommend this for anyone new to this topic as well as fans of Aubrey Gordon’s work。 Thank you to Edelweiss and Beacon Press for t “You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon is one of my most anticipated releases of 2023 and it didn’t disappoint。 Gordon does a fantastic job of explaining （and debunking） common myths people hold about fatness as well as giving people reflection questions and some applicable steps to combat the myths in daily life。 I highly recommend this for anyone new to this topic as well as fans of Aubrey Gordon’s work。 Thank you to Edelweiss and Beacon Press for the e-arc。 。。。more
Cari
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