| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 253 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
This was all just a big mistake -- 6 ways to hate your body -- I was a fat kid -- I wasn't actually a fat kid -- The fat cowgirl position -- Landwhale -- Things I thought I couldn't do but then did -- HAES, hot mics, and other things I learned about the hard way -- I've never owned a body -- Sick -- Safety scares the shit out of me -- Three vaginas -- So, have you ever thought about dieting? -- Maybe I'm a hobbit? -- In praise of loud and fat women -- David and Goliath -- The pros and cons of being fat -- American billboard -- The bulletproof entity -- 6 ways to love your body. |
| Summary |
"In Landwhale, Jes Baker delves into her coming-of-age--including her 6 ways to hate your body (#2: Worship teen periodicals), her top tactics for reframing the malicious animal comparisons hurled repeatedly at fat women (see "Elephant: Everyone knows elephants are basically the coolest animals ever. Try again."), and as a bonus, Jes answers the Internet's most pressing question of all time: "So, have you ever thought about dieting?" With biting wit and arresting vulnerability, Baker also covers living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and feeling like a hobbit, fat sex, Harry Potter roller coasters, the problematic effects of online heroism, and the complicated conversation around weight-loss surgery. For anyone who grew up as a fat kid (or didn't, for that matter), who has traveled while fat, or who has simply lived in a fat body, Landwhale is a truthful and powerful account of the unforgiving ways our culture treats fatness--and how to live happily and freely anyway."--Page [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
Baker, Jes -- Health.
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Overweight persons -- Biography.
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Overweight women -- Biography.
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Overweight persons -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiography.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Baker, Jes. Landwhale. First edition. New York : Seal Press, 2018 9781580056823 (DLC) 2017061829 |
| ISBN |
9781580056816 paperback ; alkaline paper |
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1580056814 paperback ; alkaline paper |
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9781580056823 electronic book |
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