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I see that many commenters have labeled PeterPiper's review as "not helpful". I would challenge those people to visit Marianne Kirby's blog, The Rotund, and check out the photos she posted on July 28, 2009. The woman in those photos is *not* the picture of health!
Also, she is very cagey about her weight. She will admit to weighing over 300 pounds, but won't get any more specific than that. That makes me think her "size acceptance" act is all a sham.
If one of the authors of LFTF won't even admit to her weight, what does that say about the book and the fat acceptance movement as a whole?
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Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby
AngelaP, January 13, 2010
I see that many commenters have labeled PeterPiper's review as "not helpful". I would challenge those people to visit Marianne Kirby's blog, The Rotund, and check out the photos she posted on July 28, 2009. The woman in those photos is *not* the picture of health!Also, she is very cagey about her weight. She will admit to weighing over 300 pounds, but won't get any more specific than that. That makes me think her "size acceptance" act is all a sham.
If one of the authors of LFTF won't even admit to her weight, what does that say about the book and the fat acceptance movement as a whole?
(55 of 147 readers found this comment helpful)