"Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body"-- Provided by publisher.
By the time Hilliard was 12, she wore a size 12-- both shoe and dress-- and stood over six feet tall. Fitting in was never an option. She turned to fad diets, starvation, pills, and workouts, all of which failed. Hillard decided to change her outlook on herself-- rehabilitating her body image by detaching from food as an emotional crutch, and developing her own sense of self worth. Here she pokes fun at the all too familiar misguided quest for the 'perfect body.' -- adapted from jacket
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-320).
Contents
Ronald Reagan can do his own push-ups
Starving kids in Africa
Let them eat ketchup
Champions train; losers complain
Fuck Kathy Ireland
Watch out for the big girls
What would Janet Jackson do?
Hoop dreams
Fat as shit
Chloé, you have a very pretty face
Real women, yeah right!
The $1500 mistake
The time I almost died
The power of love
Let's go vegan
A sex guide for those with low self-esteem
I'm a comedian
Not sassy enough
Eat like an American
To cheat or not to cheat.
Other title(s)
Fuck your diet
ISBN
9781982108618 (hardcover)
1982108614 (hardcover)
9781982108625 (paperback)
1982108622 (paperback)
9781982135676 (trade paperback)
1982135670 (trade paperback)
LCCN
2019031745
OCLC
1124793291
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