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Happy fat : taking up space in a world that wants to shrink you / Sofie Hagen.

by Hagen, Sofie.

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4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.

306.4613092 H143h

Body image in women.

Self-acceptance in women.

Self-acceptance.

Alternate title:

Taking up space in a world that wants to shrink you

327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327).

My fat body -- We need a fat Disney princess, and how to actually ask for one -- Stephanie Yeboah -- Public bathrooms and other places where fat people can get stuck -- Dina Amlund -- Clothes and why it's okay to dress almost exclusively in orange -- Love, friendship and fat fucking -- Kivan Bay -- Why you should chuck your scales in a bin -- 'But what about health?' But what about you shut up? -- Matilda Ibini -- How to be a good friend -- How to love your body.

In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fat-phobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgment and discrimination are rife. From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers--drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way. Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned look at how taking up space in a culture that is desperate to reduce you can be radical, emboldening and life-changing.

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