Aubrey Gordon's Fat Reading List (59 books)

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A compilation of fat activism books selected by Aubrey Gordon, Your Fat Friend.
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1	The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor 4.21 avg rating — 31,334 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings 4.23 avg rating — 6,701 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 122,330 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement by Charlotte Cooper (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 127 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim by Leah Vernon (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 563 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Heavy by Kiese Laymon (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 45,734 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	#VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE: The Fat Girl's Guide to Being #Brave and Not a Dejected, Melancholy, Down-in-the-Dumps Weeping Fat Girl in a Bikini by Nicole Byer 4.09 avg rating — 3,029 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Big Big Love: A Sourcebook on Sex for People of Size and Those Who Love Them by Hanne Blank 4.14 avg rating — 406 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Dietland by Sarai Walker (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 22,522 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size by Marilyn Wann 4.13 avg rating — 1,104 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body by Kate Harding (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 849 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression by Lisa Schoenfielder (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West 4.16 avg rating — 63,991 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass by Jes Baker 3.96 avg rating — 1,789 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Fat, Pretty and Soon to Be Old by Kimberly Dark (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 144 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Two Whole Cakes: How to Stop Dieting and Learn to Love Your Body by Lesley Kinzel 4.11 avg rating — 475 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Beautiful Work In Progress by Mirna Valerio 3.76 avg rating — 4,114 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Wake Up, I'm Fat!: A Memoir by Camryn Manheim 3.88 avg rating — 737 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary (Rae Earl, #1) by Rae Earl 3.72 avg rating — 4,544 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen 4.21 avg rating — 3,474 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture by Guy Branum really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,768 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 48,132 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2,843 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies by Andrea Elizabeth Shaw 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Never Satisfied: A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies & Fat by Hillel Schwartz 3.74 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Queering Fat Embodiment by Cat Pausé (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Fat Studies Reader by Esther D. Rothblum (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 295 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture by Amy Erdman Farrell 3.90 avg rating — 543 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Tipping the Scales of Justice: Fighting Weight Based Discrimination by Sondra Solovay 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood by Anna Kirkland (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Fat Pedagogy Reader: Challenging Weight-Based Oppression Through Critical Education by Erin Cameron (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression by Jana Evans Braziel (Editor) 3.99 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma (Intersections, 1) by Jason Whitesel 3.60 avg rating — 87 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Improvement by Michelle Mary Lelwica 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Diet and the Disease of Civilization by Adrienne Rose Bitar (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Historicizing Fat in Anglo-American Culture by Elena Levy-Navarro (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	On the Politics of Ugliness by Sara Rodrigues (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Fat-Talk Nation: The Human Costs of America's War on Fat by Susan Greenhalgh 3.63 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen-Phen by Alicia Mundy 3.88 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon 4.18 avg rating — 6,048 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight -- and What We Can Do about It by Harriet Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,003 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study by Lee F. Monaghan 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health by Paul Campos 4.03 avg rating — 438 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic by J. Eric Oliver 3.65 avg rating — 233 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Radical Belonging: How to Survive + Thrive in an Unjust World by Lindo Bacon 4.06 avg rating — 468 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion by Virgie Tovar (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 535 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1) by Julie Murphy (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 92,374 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Losing It: A Fictional Reimagining of my Time on Weight Loss Reality TV by Kai Hibbard 3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 107,688 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Faith: Taking Flight (Faith Herbert Origin Story, #1) by Julie Murphy (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 2,307 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Fat Art, Thin Art by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 3.53 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Fat Girl Finishing School by Rachel Wiley 4.22 avg rating — 534 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Nothing Is Okay by Rachel Wiley 4.14 avg rating — 1,965 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Tesoro by Yesika Salgado (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 800 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Corazón by Yesika Salgado (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 2,305 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Hermosa by Yesika Salgado (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 787 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body by Jessamyn Stanley (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 3,427 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Big Gal Yoga: Poses and Practices to Celebrate Your Body and Empower Your Life by Valerie Sagun 4.22 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts by Hanne Blank 3.83 avg rating — 515 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars