{"product_id":"you-just-need-to-lose-aubrey-gordon-9780807006474","title":"You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths about Fat People","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAN INDIE \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.\"--Jameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe co-host of the \u003ci\u003eMaintenance Phase\u003c\/i\u003e podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes exceedingly predicable form. \u003ci\u003eLosing weight is easy--calories in, calories out. Fat people are unhealthy. We're in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Fat acceptance \"glorifies obesity.\" The BMI is an objective measure of size and health.\u003c\/i\u003e Yet, these myths are as readily debunked as they are pervasive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\"You Just Need to Lose Weight,\"\u003c\/i\u003e Aubrey Gordon equips readers with the facts and figures to reframe myths about fatness in order to dismantle the anti-fat bias ingrained in how we think about and treat fat people. Bringing her dozen years of community organizing and training to bear, Gordon shares the rhetorical approaches she and other organizers employ to not only counter these pernicious myths, but to dismantle the anti-fat bias that so often underpin them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs conversations about fat acceptance and fat justice continue to grow, \u003ci\u003e\"You Just Need to Lose Weight\"\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential to ensure that those conversations are informed, effective, and grounded in both research and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aubrey Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807006475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807006474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/27\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/04\/2023","brand":"Aubrey Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070841975039,"sku":"9780807006474","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea44c6dc-6486-4d20-a1ad-0e729d486b4e.jpg?v=1685432649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/you-just-need-to-lose-aubrey-gordon-9780807006474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}