Fat - A Fate Worse Than Death? - Women, Weight, and Appearance

List of contents

Contents
Preface: The Beginning of a Journey

• Section I. My Own Truths
• Welcome to the World Beyond Size 10
• Doubt: Whistling in the Dark
• For You, Jane, Too Late?
• Who Do I See in Another’s Eyes?
• Tucking in My Blouse
• Leafletting: Good Work Out There
• I See My Insides/You See My Outsides
• There’s Good Work Out There: What Others Are Saying
• I See My Insides/You See My Outsides
• The Lifelong Diet
• What’s Funny About Fat?
• Does “Old and Fat” Mean I’ve Given Up?
• This Body I Live In
• Section II. What the Outside World Believes
• I Am Not Your Punching Bag!
• Is Ugly True?
• Screaming in the Face of the World, or What Does Acceptance Look Like?
• Help! The Avalanche Roars Down on Us
• The Birds
• Why Do I Feel Like a Bull’s Eye?
• Weight Watchers: How They Want Us Back!
• Don’t Raise Your Head--They’re Still Shooting!
• Section III. Time to Move On
• Love Letters
• Raw Courage in Face of Horror Stories
• Breaking Free
• Trudging Through
• Fighting Back
• Images of Ourselves--Good and Awful
• Steps to Freedom
• Epilogue: 100-Plus Ways to Fight Ageism, Looksism, Sexism, Racism, Fatism
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the author

Cole, Ellen; Rothblum, Esther D; Thone, Ruth R

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Cole, Cole Ellen, Esther D Rothblum, Esther D. Rothblum, Ruth R Thone, Ruth R. Thone
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.1997
• EAN: 9781560239086
• ISBN: 978-1-56023-908-6
• No. of pages: 228
• Weight: 420 g
• Series: Haworth Innovations in Feminis
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, METABOLISM, Endocrinology, MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism, Social, group or collective psychology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls