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Weightless : making space for my resilient body and soul Cover Image Book Book

Weightless : making space for my resilient body and soul / Evette Dionne.

Dionne, Evette, (author.).

Summary:

"In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to a diagnosis of heart failure at age twenty- nine, Dionne tracks her relationship with friends, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture, and self-image. Along the way, she lifts the curtain to reveal the subtle, insidious forms of surveillance and control levied at fat women: At the doctor's office, where any health ailment is treated with a directive to lose weight. On dating sites, where larger bodies are either rejected or fetishized. On TV, where fat characters are asexual comedic relief. But Dionne's unflinching account of our deeply held prejudices is matched by her fierce belief in the power of self-love. An unmissable portrait of a woman on a journey toward understanding our society and herself, Weightless holds up a mirror to the world we live in and asks us to imagine the future we deserve"--Dust jacket flap.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780063076365
  • ISBN: 0063076365
  • Physical Description: xxi, 245 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- No country for fat kids -- Doctors, get your shit together -- In the land of princesses, all we do is catfish -- I want a love like Khadijah James -- All hail the queens of not giving two fucks -- Turn off the lights -- The skinny boyfriend type -- Yes, mothers can be monstrous -- The impermanent prototype -- Celebrities, weight loss, and us -- Our 600 lb. obsession -- Your life is disposable -- Back to the fat future.

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      Willis L. Miller Library 		305.488 DIO 2022 ( Send Text)
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