Description |
xxi, 247 p. ; 21 cm. |
Note |
"A Ballantine Books trade pbk. original"--T.p. verso. |
Contents |
Introduction / Harriet Brown -- He called me fat; it set me free / Sari Botton -- The grief diet / Caroline Leavitt -- With hands / Diana Abu-Jaber -- Seconds / Jenny Allen -- My worst excess / Amity Gaige -- Sisi, your getting fat / Courtney E. Martin -- My ten plagues / Harriet brown -- Top model / Magali Amadei -- Reader, I ate him / Brenda Copeland -- The twin paradox / Susan O'doherty -- Attack of the xl girl / Laurie Notaro -- Sugar plum fairy / Dana Kinstler -- Sky girl / Ann Hood -- Plus what? / Lisa Romeo -- Ess, ess / Rochelle Jewel Shapiro -- In the house of Jean Nidetch / Whitney Otto -- You're not fat / Kate Harding -- My binge year / Jane E. Brody -- Day one / Wendy McClure -- Quacks / Kathi Kamen Goldmark -- Battle of the bulge: notes from a decade of body activism / Ophira Edut -- Take this cake and shove it / Joan Fischer -- Pie / Joyce Maynard. |
Subject |
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
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Human body in mass media.
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Body image in women -- Social aspects.
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Body dysmorphic disorder.
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Body image.
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Women authors -- Biography.
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Food.
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Diet.
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Added Author |
Brown, Harriet, 1958- editor.
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Added Title |
Writers dish about food, eating, weight, and body image |
ISBN |
9780345500885 (pbk.) |
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0345500881 (pbk.) |
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