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Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
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GROSSE, ET PUIS? - Connaître et combattre la grossophobie FAT? SO WHAT? How to Understand and Fight Fatphobia
AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO HELP READERS IDENTIFY FATPHOBIA, FIGHT THE STIGMATIZATION OF FAT PEOPLE AND CONSIDER THEIR OWN PERCEPTIONS.
DESCRIPTION
Fatphobia is something that affects everyone. Our aversion and bias against fat people can provoke negative attitudes and hostile behaviour toward them. This is not only stigmatizing, but also discriminatory. Suffering microagressions and feeling judged and excluded can obviously have detrimental effects on mental and physical health. In this book, the author sets out not to point the finger at people who behave in an offensive way, but rather to explain the facts and encourage readers to reflect on fatphobia and the ways in which they play into it. This practical guide is sure to become a valuable reference.
EXCERPT
Fighting fatphobia is not about glorifying fat people. Especially not at the expense' of others. It's about keeping things in proportion and making appropriate space - the space fat bodies deserve. Ideally, this would involve reshaping the way we think about body image to embrace a more varied, more realistic view. We need to bring our ideas of body image back into the real world. We need to be more inclusive in how we think about real bodies, bodies that are rarely, if ever, visible in the traditional fashion, media, and entertainment spotlight.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Author's note
Chapter 1. Why this book?
Chapter 2. Before you go any further: a brief history of modern fatphobia
Chapter 3. Who says who's fat?
Chapter 4. Fatphobia, skinny culture and diet culture
Chapter 5. Fatphobia is also...
Chapter 6. Why we must fight fatphobia
Chapter 7. Why glorifying weight loss and being skinny can be a problem
Chapter 8. Being fat is not a choice
Edith Bernier has a degree in communication from Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2013, she started a blog called La Backpackeuse taille plus (The Plus-Size Backpacker). Since 2017, she has been writing about and taking a stance on the issues of fatphobia, diversity and body image in the media. Her fatphobia blog, Grossophobie.ca, is THE essential reference on the topic for French speakers all over the world.
Fatphobia is something that affects everyone. Our aversion and bias against fat people can provoke negative attitudes and hostile behaviour toward them. This is not only stigmatizing, but also discriminatory. Suffering microagressions and feeling judged and excluded can obviously have detrimental effects on mental and physical health. In this book, the author sets out not to point the finger at people who behave in an offensive way, but rather to explain the facts and encourage readers to reflect on fatphobia and the ways in which they play into it. This practical guide is sure to become a valuable reference.
EXCERPT
Fighting fatphobia is not about glorifying fat people. Especially not at the expense' of others. It's about keeping things in proportion and making appropriate space - the space fat bodies deserve. Ideally, this would involve reshaping the way we think about body image to embrace a more varied, more realistic view. We need to bring our ideas of body image back into the real world. We need to be more inclusive in how we think about real bodies, bodies that are rarely, if ever, visible in the traditional fashion, media, and entertainment spotlight.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Author's note
Chapter 1. Why this book?
Chapter 2. Before you go any further: a brief history of modern fatphobia
Chapter 3. Who says who's fat?
Chapter 4. Fatphobia, skinny culture and diet culture
Chapter 5. Fatphobia is also...
Chapter 6. Why we must fight fatphobia
Chapter 7. Why glorifying weight loss and being skinny can be a problem
Chapter 8. Being fat is not a choice
Edith Bernier has a degree in communication from Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2013, she started a blog called La Backpackeuse taille plus (The Plus-Size Backpacker). Since 2017, she has been writing about and taking a stance on the issues of fatphobia, diversity and body image in the media. Her fatphobia blog, Grossophobie.ca, is THE essential reference on the topic for French speakers all over the world.
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Published 2020-09-01 by Trécarré |