Unshrinking

By Kate Manne,

Book cover of Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia

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1 author picked Unshrinking as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love Kate Manne’s writing. In many ways, her first book, Down Girl, impacted me more, but it was published by an academic press. And my (totally made up, but I’m sticking to them!) rules for this list is that the books must be published with a trade press, so they genuinely intend to do philosophy with everyone.

This is Manne’s second trade book, but it is the work of hers that I found most immediately gripping, personal, and a bit haunting. As someone who has struggled with body image throughout my life and who has come slowly and…

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