Landwhale : on turning insults into nicknames, why body image is hard, and how diets can kiss my ass

Baker, Jes (Author).

Summary: An intimate, gutsy memoir about being an overweight woman.

Record details

ISBN: 9781580056816 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
253 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: New York : Seal Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Trigger warnings, disclaimers, and other things -- 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 -- HEAS, 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 your 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 fatty -- 6 ways to love your body.