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Kate Harding is the coauthor of Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere and a contributor to The Book of Jezebel. A columnist for DAME Magazine, she lives in Minnesota.
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1975
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Now that I'm finished, I must say this was hard to read/listen to, but it really cleared up a lot of cobwebs regarding the rape mythos I've learned up to now. Incredibly, she even meets the crude caveman terminology with clear logic and reasoning. I doubt I will ever see this topic in any other way, and am thankful that I have read this book and the feminine point of view, especially for my wife and daughter and how they have to deal with the world.
 
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Brian-B | 12 andere besprekingen | Nov 30, 2022 |
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
 
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fernandie | 9 andere besprekingen | Sep 15, 2022 |
This book is an addictive read that will inspire you to stop dieting and look this great big "fat=bad" myth in the eye. It analyzes the media and the health industry's role in keeping this myth alive. It is a resourceful book that will bring out the fat activist in you!
 
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RakishaBPL | 8 andere besprekingen | Sep 24, 2021 |
Trigger warning: the following review only talks in the broadest terms about the topic of this book, but I've wrapped it in spoilers anyways.


So, first off- while the majority of this book discusses and deals with the broad picture issues- the statistics behind rape, common myths used to perpetuate rape culture-- it also contains a number of descriptions of heartbreaking incidents. It's not an easy read.

I had a conversation with two acquaintances last week in which they started to argue the usual victim blaming bullshit. I tried to change their views, but found myself fumbling to explain what felt like self-evident truths-- that there's no such thing as "asking for it", that false accusations of rape are rare, that rape doesn't generally happen "by accident", that there's value in teaching affirmative consent.

By the end of that conversation I was dismayed-- not just that people I knew held such backwards beliefs, but that we'd had an honestly frank discussion about rape and I was not able to convince them they were wrong.

This book was well-written, informative, and empathetic without (despite the topic) being emotionally impossible to read. It provided me with some strong arguments to try next time I run into victim blaming, and further motivation to speak up.

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