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Big : stories about life in plus-sized bodies

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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 06:43 hrs
    Narrator: Gina Clayton
    Publisher:
    Center for Equitable Library Access, 2020
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    Publisher:
    Caitlin Press, 2020
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Contributor: Myers, Christina; Clayton, Gina
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    2021
    Summary:

    Pop culture stereotypes, shopping frustrations, fat jokes, and misconceptions about health are all ways society systemically rejects large bodies. BIG is a collection of personal and intimate experiences of plus size women, non-binary and trans people in a society obsessed with thinness. Revealing insights that are both funny and traumatic, surprising and challenging, familiar and unexpected, 26 writers explore themes as diverse as self perception, body image, fashion, fat activism, food, sexuality, diet culture, motherhood and more. These stories offer a closer look at what it means to navigate a world designed to fit bodies of a certain size (sometimes literally) and, in turn, invites readers to ask questions about--and ultimately reconsider--our collective and individual obsession with women's bodies. 2020.

    Original Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia : Caitlin Press, 2020, Toronto, CNIB
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781039506299, 1039506291