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The following is a list of fat-positive, body-positive, in some way empowering and informative books. They
are listed in no particular order, although the first book, FAT!SO? Because You Don't Have to Apologize
For Your Size by Marilyn Wann is one of my all-time favorites. Non-fiction books are listed first,
fiction books at the end. I have linked all of these books to amazon.com so that they will be easy for you
to see/explore and order if you wish, although I highly encourage supporting small, independent bookstores! I
have read most of these books, but not all of them yet. If you find any content objectionable or less than fat-positive,
please let me know. Not all of the books are quite as fat-positive as I would like -- but many of them make important
points or have good information anyway. As with anything, always read with discerning eyes, take what works for you
and leave the rest. If anybody has any other suggestions for must-read books, please let me know!
FAT!SO? Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size by Marilyn Wann
Taking Up Space by Pattie Thomas
The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice In America by W. Charisse Goodman
Revolting Bodies? The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity by Kathleen LeBesco
The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos
Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health by Glenn A. Gaesser
Tipping the Scales of Justice: Fighting Weight-Based Discrimination by Sondra Solovay
Big Big Love: A Sourcebook on Sex For People of Size And Those Who Love Them by Hanne Blank
Zaftig: Well Rounded Erotica edited by Hanne Blank
Bodies Out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression edited by Jana Evans Braziel and Kathleen LeBesco
Self Esteem Comes in All Sizes: How to Be Happy and Healthy at your Natural Weight by Carol A. Johnson
Shadow On a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression edited by Lisa Schoenfielder and Barb Wieser
Body Wars: Making Peace With Women's Bodies: An Activist's Guide by Margo Maine
One Size Fits All and other Fables by Liz Curtis Higgs
When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself From Food and Weight Obsession by Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol Munter
Making Peace With Food: Freeing Yourself from the Diet/Weight Obsession by Susan Kano
Live Large! Affirmations for living the life you want in the body you already have by Cheri K. Erdman
Nothing to Lose!: A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body by Cheri K. Erdman
Bountiful Women: Large Women's Secrets for Living the Life They Desire by Bonnie Bernell
Wake Up, I'm Fat! by Camryn Manheim
Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession edited by Don Kulich and Ann Meneley
Fat Power: Whatever You Weigh is Right by Llewellyn Louderback
Losing It: America's Obsession with Weight and the Industry that Feed On It by Laura Fraser
Fat Chicks Rule! by Lara Frater
Body Outlaws: Young Women Write About Body Image and Identity edited by Ophira Edut
Never Too Thin by Eva Szekely
Bodylove: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves by Rita Freedman
Real Gorgeous: The Truth about Body and Beauty by Kaz Cooke
Beyond Measure: a memoir about short stature & inner growth by Ellen Frankel
Zaftig: The Case for Curves by Edward St. Paige
Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes, photography by Laurie Tody Edison, text by Debbie Notkin
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
And fiction books:
The Earth, My Butt and other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Fat Chance by Leslea Newman
The Strange History of Suzanne Lafleshe {and other stories of women and fatness} edited by Susan Koppelman
Such a Pretty Face edited by Lee Martindale
Dangerous Curves Ahead: Short Stories by Pat Ballard
Nobody's Perfect by Pat Ballard
An Abundant Woman by Elizabeth Neff Walker
Large Target by Lynne Murray
Lynne Murray has several good books -- I've only listed one,
but there is a whole series of Josephine Fuller mysteries. Look up author Lynne Murray and choose happily.
Too Big to Miss by Sue Ann Jaffarian
The Curse of the Holy Pail by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Love At Large: short stories by Elizabeth Angus, Judy Bagshaw, Jennifer Harrington, Sue Ann Jaffarian, Nancy Rraush, Eileen
Wilson
Look up author Daniel Pinkwater -- I hear his books are fabulous,
although I haven't read them yet.
There are tons more great books out there -- all of these books have
links to other books. Let me know if you find any that you think should be posted here. Most of all, have fun!
There are lots of life-affirming, entertaining, good reads out there. Enjoy!
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