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More of You

The Fat Girl's Field Guide to the Modern World

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Too often, fatness has been viewed as a moral failing. Fat Christian women in particular are shamed and marginalized by the message that they are failing God because they can't change their bodies. More of You will challenge that status quo, teaching readers to resist the shame and guilt that is pressed onto them by the world and instead to embrace their bodies, take up space, and learn to navigate the world in ways that allow them to flourish.

With wit and candor, Amanda Martinez Beck, a fat woman herself, compiles her hard-won wisdom to give the skinny on thriving in a fat body to others who have been pushed to the margins of acceptance. Offering helpful tools like The Fat Girl's Bill of Rights and a script for a weight-neutral doctor's visit, this book addresses real needs in the fat acceptance community, from how to find self-love in a thin-obsessed world, to navigating a world built for butts smaller than yours, to advocating for equality and justice for fat women's medical care.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 16, 2022
      Fat & Faithful podcaster Beck (Lovely) delivers an upbeat manifesto about thriving as a fat woman. “Any body—no matter its size, ability, or level of health—can have a deep and meaningful relationship with God,” Beck contends, blending personal stories, social analysis, and scriptural interpretation to outline a Christian-centric vision of fat positivity. She covers such core tenets of fat activism as the reappropriation of fat as a neutral descriptor, the rejection of diet culture, and the right to compassionate healthcare, recounting her struggle to receive proper treatment for someone her size when she was hospitalized with Covid-19. Offering historical perspective, Beck traces anti-fatness’s origins to white European efforts to denigrate Black bodies, and she discusses the role of fetishism in the early days of the fat liberation movement. She bolsters her “fat girl’s bill of rights” with biblical references, citing the gospel of Matthew to demand autonomy over one’s body and Peter’s vision in Acts 10 to defend eating what one wants. Beck’s life-affirming attitude, no-nonsense style, and mantras of self-love (“I have the right to take up space,” “My body is a trustworthy storyteller”) make this a superlative volume. This is an outstanding addition to fat positivity literature.

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