{"product_id":"you-just-need-to-lose-weight-and-19-other-myths-about-fat-people","title":"'You Just Need to Lose Weight' : And 19 Other Myths About Fat People","description":"\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe co-host of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaintenance Phase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e podcast and creator of \u003cem\u003eYour Fat Friend\u003c\/em\u003e equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes exceedingly predicable form. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Yet, these myths are as readily debunked as they are pervasive. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou Just Need to Lose Weight'\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs conversations about fat acceptance and fat justice continue to grow, \u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou Just Need to Lose Weight' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e will be essential to ensure that those conversations are informed, effective, and grounded in both research and history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aubrey Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44815977283841,"sku":"9780807006474","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-895.png?v=1712666669","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/you-just-need-to-lose-weight-and-19-other-myths-about-fat-people","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}