NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A “razor-sharp exploration” (Ms.) of fatphobia, drawing on personal experience and rigorous research to expose how size discrimination harms everyone, and how to combat it—from the acclaimed author of Down Girl and Entitled
“An elegant, fierce, and profound argument for fighting fat oppression in ourselves, our communities, and our culture.”—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger
Blending intimate stories with the clear-eyed analysis that has become her signature, feminist philosopher Kate Manne shows why fatphobia has become a vital social justice issue. Over the last several decades, implicit bias has waned in every category from race to sexual orientation except one: body size. Fatphobia is responsible for wage gaps, medical neglect, and poor educational outcomes; it is a straitjacket, restricting our freedom, our movement, our potential.
In this urgent call to action, Manne proposes a radical reevaluation of who our bodies exist for: ourselves and no one else. The solution is not to love our bodies more. Instead, we must dismantle the forces that constrain us—and remake the world to accommodate every size.
