Happy fat : taking up space in a world that wants to shrink you / Sofie Hagen.

  • Hagen, Sofie
Date:
2019
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Taking up space in a world that wants to shrink you

Description

"In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fat-phobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgment and discrimination are rife. From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers--drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way. Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned look at how taking up space in a culture that is desperate to reduce you can be radical, emboldening and life-changing."--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

London : 4th Estate, 2019.

Physical description

327 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Contributors

Notes

First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2019.

Contents

My fat body -- We need a fat Disney princess, and how to actually ask for one -- Stephanie Yeboah -- Public bathrooms and other places where fat people can get stuck -- Dina Amlund -- Clothes and why it's okay to dress almost exclusively in orange -- Love, friendship and fat fucking -- Kivan Bay -- Why you should chuck your scales in a bin -- 'But what about health?' But what about you shut up? -- Matilda Ibini -- How to be a good friend -- How to love your body.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327).

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FDY.AI
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780008365042
  • 0008365040
  • 9780008293871
  • 0008293872