What We Don't Talk about When We Talk about Fat
Aubrey Gordon

Risk factors. Obesity epidemics. Weight-loss makeovers. In our collective imagination, fat is a terrible thing to be called, but an even worse thing to be. To be fat is to be denied doctors' services, to be mocked on airplanes, to be the punch line of jokes, to be made more visible and invisible at the same time. It's to be seen as an undeniable failure, as un-lovable, unforgivable, and morally condemnable. 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. She pushes the discussion beyond self-love and toward authentic fat activism, which includes ending legal weight discrimination, providing equal access to healthcare and increased access to public spaces, and ending anti-fat violence. This explosive indictment calls on all of us to create a tectonic shift in the way we see, talk about, and treat our bodies, fat and thin alike. Book jacket.