F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me
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*Named Best Comedy Book by the African American Literary Awards Show
Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body.
By the time Chloé Hilliard was 12, she wore a size 12—both shoe and dress—and stood over six feet tall. Fitting in was never an option. That didn't stop her from trying. Cursed with a "slow metabolism," "baby weight," and "big bones,"—the fat trilogy—Chloe turned to fad diets, starvation, pills, and workouts, all of which failed.
Realizing that everything—from government policies to corporate capitalism—directly impacts our relationship with food and our waistlines, Chloé changed her outlook on herself and hopes others will do the same for themselves.
The perfect mix of cultural commentary, conspiracies, and confessions, F*ck Your Diet pokes fun at the all too familiar, misguided quest for better health, permanent weight loss, and a sense of self-worth.
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*Named Best Comedy Book by the African American Literary Awards Show
Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body.
By the time Chloé Hilliard was 12, she wore a size 12—both shoe and dress—and stood over six feet tall. Fitting in was never an option. That didn't stop her from trying. Cursed with a "slow metabolism," "baby weight," and "big bones,"—the fat trilogy—Chloe turned to fad diets, starvation, pills, and workouts, all of which failed.
Realizing that everything—from government policies to corporate capitalism—directly impacts our relationship with food and our waistlines, Chloé changed her outlook on herself and hopes others will do the same for themselves.
The perfect mix of cultural commentary, conspiracies, and confessions, F*ck Your Diet pokes fun at the all too familiar, misguided quest for better health, permanent weight loss, and a sense of self-worth. - reviews
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Journalist–turned–stand-up comic Hilliard delivers a heartfelt, amusing essay collection about her struggles with her weight in an image-conscious culture. Hilliard, who fluctuated “between fat and thick from the age of twelve,” grew up with the nickname “big.” In “Starving Kids in Africa,” she writes about getting overfed by her food-loving grandmother, and, in “Let Them Eat Ketchup,” about later being sent to school by her mother with SlimFast for lunch. Throughout, she analyzes the impact that government policies have had on her “waistline, self-esteem, and body image,” and repeatedly calls out former president Ronald Reagan, who, when she was a kid in 1981, slashed budgets for public school lunches, which she says increased unhealthy food offerings and contributed to childhood obesity. She shares a funny story about buying a treadmill that put her in debt (“The $1500 Mistake”) and gleefully recalls her decision to leave journalism and pursue stand-up (“I’m a Comedian”). Hilliard’s battles with food may not be over, but age has given her perspective: “I’m smart, but I’ll never really grasp the concept of calories.” The author’s self-love message will resonate with readers who appreciate narratives of personal and professional fulfillment.
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Comedian and former journalist Hilliard shares embarrassing and empowering moments throughout a life obsessed with body image and food. In her first book, the author delivers a highly personal assessment with self-deprecating humor and frank honesty. As a "chunky" only child raised in Brooklyn, Hilliard was relentlessly bullied in school due to her statuesque size (6 feet, 1 inch) and higher-than-average weight. Early depression and self-loathing habits soon followed. The author shifts partial blame for her negative relationship with her body and food to biological growth spurts and an upbringing in which her working-class parents succumbed to the easy conveniences of processed fast food, an eat-everything-you-are-served mentality, and ignorance about exercise and balanced nutrition. This uncomfortable reality solidified itself into Hilliard's psyche as an adult, when she continued wrestling with the scale and her self-image as a black woman. Her book addresses "nearly forty years of failures" and episodes of yo-yo dieting and struggling to thoroughly love herself. She chronicles her first encounters with love, her brief idea of pursuing a basketball career, a brush with a near-fatal infection, and her liberating defiance in the face of societal standards of beauty and body size. "White women get to be plain-Janes," writes the author. "Women of color have to be exotic in order to be celebrated." Though the author engages in plenty of chatty digressions--she takes due time to contribute spirited commentary on "Black Girl Magic," fad diets, and the complexities of singledom and masturbation ("for far too long, women have downplayed their sexual satisfaction in order to boost their partner's ego")--these expository detours don't detract from her core message of unconditional self-acceptance at any age in a woman's life. Hilliard's narrative, though occasionally scattershot, is informative, inspiring, and often hilarious. Fresh, whip-smart wisdom that will appeal most to women battling weight and self-esteem issues.COPYRIGHT(2019) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body.
By the time Chloé Hilliard was 12, she wore a size 12—both shoe and dress—and stood over six feet tall. Fitting in was never an option. That didn't stop her from trying. Cursed with a "slow metabolism," "baby weight," and "big bones,"—the fat trilogy—Chloe turned to fad diets, starvation, pills, and workouts, all of which failed.
Realizing that everything—from government policies to corporate capitalism—directly impacts our relationship with food and our waistlines, Chloé changed her outlook on herself and hopes others will do the same for themselves.
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