Fat, pretty, and soon to be old : a makeover for self and society / Kimberly Dark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dark, Kimberly, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dark, Kimberly.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chico, California ; Scotland : AK Press, [2019]

Summary:

Storyteller Kimberly Dark takes on beauty privilege, size bias, and more with a perfect blend of humor and social analysis.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Maintaining Appearances

2. Language, Fat, and Causation

3. Diamond Jim

4. Wanted: Fat Girl

5. Dances with Light

6. Thighs and Freedom

7. Big People on the Airplane

8. Cozy or Uncomfortable: Tight Public Places

9. Here's Looking at You

10. Shadow on a Tightrope

11. Coming Out Fat

12. My First Lover Was Not a Lesbian

13. Becoming Travolta

14. Does This Limp Make Me Look Fat?

15. The Chance to Practice

16. The Aging Yoga Body

17. Migration Patterns

18. The Naked Place

19. Building the Good Body

20. Self-Help, Fitness, and Feminism

21. How the Women's Movement Ruined Everything

22. Ha-ha. You're So Fat! (Anatomy of a Put-Down)

23. Passing It On

24. Learning to Fish

Afterword

References

More Praise for Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old

Copyright

Friends of AK.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84935-368-9

OCLC:

1134854343