Shrink book

Fat girl problems Derided by her high school peers for being overweight Rachel finally found a sense of purpose and belonging in a promising career as an EMT that is until her body got in the way Shrink is a work of graphic medicine that depicts the emotional and physical realities of inhabiting a large body in a world that is constantly warning about the medical and social dangers of being too fat This smart and candid book challenges the idea that weight loss is the only path for a fat person and encourages the reader to question the prevailing cultural and medical discourse about fat bodies Seamlessly weaving the most current research on the fatness debate with her own experiences of living in a fat body Thomas lays bare society s obsession with size and advocates for each of us to push back on body weight bias and determine what s right for our own health and well being both physical and mental Shrink Story of a Fat GirlGood mix of personal memoir and researched information Sometimes a little too heavy on the researched portion and overuse of words in ALL CAPITALS to stress a point ARC provided by the published through Edelweiss Publication date October 29 2024 Shrink Story of a Fat Girl I received this book from Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review. Shrinkflation This was a bit too text heavy at times for me and since I had to read it on my PC it wasn t always fun for me I wouldn t have minded it that much if it was text about our girl and her diet but it was also very textbook esque heavy with lots of stuff about diet culture diets masculine gaze and many other things My eyes just glazed over at many points and I either had to re read or just be like well my brain doesn t want this so let s go on I did like many things the art was good I liked reading about our girl s journey and see both her past and how she is doing now and was definitely rooting for her to find happiness I loved the people who tried to help her out loved the dash of romance at the end All in all despite it being a bit text heavy I still would recommend this one Shrink Story of a Fat Girl I finished this in one sitting and by the end I was feeling very uplifted as well as educated I feel like this was a very original story telling style that I personally have never seen I think it encompassed a lot of important and often looked over social contexts when it comes to fatness Good read I m very glad I picked it up Thank you Edelweiss Shrink Story of a Fat Girl Wow So much that people can relate to I definitely struggle with my weight and self esteem and this book was a wonderful journey of self discovery There was no glossing over the struggle Shrink Story of a Fat Girl