Book Review: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker

Book Synopsis:

Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is a manifesto and call to arms for women of all sizes and ages. With smart and spirited eloquence, veteran blogger Jes Baker calls on women to be proud of their bodies, fight against fat-shaming, and embrace a body-positive worldview to change public perceptions and help women maintain mental health.

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Jes Baker is an author, speaker, photographer, and activist, who is best known for being a core member of the body positive movement. She runs a blog called The Militant Baker, where she addresses societal’s body image rules and encourages self-love and inclusion of various body types in media.

Her book, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living succeeds in helping overweight women around the world, understand and love their body. She is direct and kind, truthful but forceful, which is a great mix for an author.

Off the bat, she tells you that most 10-Year-Olds are more afraid of getting ‘fat’ than getting cancer. She also references the changes that the body positive movement has achieved. A grand example of this would be Tess Holliday who was the cover star for Cosmopolitan.

The amazing thing is that Jes recognises all body image issues. So, technically this book isn’t just for overweight people. It’s for skinny people who society deems too thin, invalids and cripples, men who aren’t muscular enough etc.

Jes sheds light on each issue and lovingly opens your mind to the ugly nature of body shaming. As you will realise as you read more, although you should already know it, no body is perfect.

This is the perfect book to read for your book club, as it’s thought-provoking and mind-opening. Societal expectations and standards do more damage than good, and Jes aims to change that; One body at a time.

You can watch Jes Baker’s TED talk here;

If you have not read, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker, kindly do so. You won’t regret it.

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