Big : stories about life in plus-sized bodies / edited by Christina Myers.
Big : stories about life in plus-sized bodies / edited by Christina Myers.
Publication Date
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2020
Publication Information
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Halfmoon Bay, B.C. : Caitlin Press,
Physical Description
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xiii, 210 p.
Subject Term
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Body image.
Overweight persons.
Overweight women.
Discrimination against overweight persons.
Additional Contributors
:
Myers, Christina.
Summary
:
Pop culture stereotypes, shopping frustrations, fat jokes, and misconceptions about health are all ways society systemically rejects large bodies. This is a collection of personal and intimate experiences of plus size women, non-binary, and trans people in a society obsessed with thinness. Twenty-six writers explore themes as diverse as self-perception, body image, fashion, fat activism, food, sexuality, diet culture, motherhood and more. These stories offer a closer look at what it means to navigate a world designed to fit bodies of a certain size.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781773860213
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
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Corner Brook | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 306.4613 B48 |
Gander | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 306.4613 B48 |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 306.4613 B48 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 306.4613 B48 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 306.4613 B48 |