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40/100Critics
44/100Scholars
Author:
Evette Dionne
Publisher:
Ecco
Date:
December 6, 2022
Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black woman are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to diagnosis with heart failure at age twenty-nine, Dionne tracks her relationships with friendship, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture, and self-image.
What The Reviewers Say
Vulnerable, richly detailed personal stories.
Bracing.
Sharp.
The author argues persuasively that the media plays a huge role in promulgating negative fat-girl stereotypes.
