In "Fat and Proud," activist Charlotte Cooper charts the evolution of the fat rights movement. Demonstrating the extent of "fatphobia" in society, she explains not only how it affects fat women, but how the fear of being fat oppresses all women. She also looks at health issues, challenging the "medicalization" of fat people and exposing the myths and dangers of dieting and thinness. Throughout are the voices of fat women relating their experiences of discrimination and pain--but also their affirmations of positive self-image and esteem. "Fat and Proud" represents a coming to power of the fat rights movement; it calls for a greater appreciation of body-size diversity, so that all of us might live in and enjoy our bodies without fear or shame.
- ISBN10 0704344734
- ISBN13 9780704344730
- Publish Date 1 January 1998
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Women's Press Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 256
- Language English