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Fat is a Feminist Issue (Paperback)

by Susie Orbach (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (5 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099481936
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099481935
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,192 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Virtually all feminist debate on body image and beauty imagery owes its existence to Susie Orbach's enduring formulation.' - Naomi Wolf, bestselling author of The Beauty Myth 'Susie Orbach's pioneering work isn't just the first to expose the links between sexual politics and female dieting; it remains the classic work on the subject...it is more essential than ever that Fat is a Feminist Issue be read by every woman.' - Susan Faludi, bestselling author of Backlash


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In one volume together with its bestselling sequel When it was first published, "Fat is a Feminist Issue" became an instant classic and it is as relevant today as it was then. Reflecting on our increasingly diet and body-obsessed society, Susie Orbach's new introduction explains how generations of women and girls are growing up absorbing the eating anxieties around them. In an age where women want to be sexy, nurturing, domestic goddesses, confident at work - an equal to their male counterparts, and feminine too, the twenty-first-century woman is poorly armed for survival. Never before has the "Fat is a Feminist Issue" revolution been more in need of revival. Exploring our love/hate relationship with food, Susie Orbach describes how fat is about so much more than food. It is a response to our social situation; the way we are seen by others and ourselves. Too often food is a source of anguish, as are our bodies. But "Fat is a Feminist Issue" discusses how we can turn food into a friend and find ways to accept ourselves for who and how we are. Following the step-by-step guide, and you too can put an end to food anxieties and dieting.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for all women, 14 Sep 2004
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I first read this book about two years ago whilst pregnant with my first baby and it absolutely blew me away with its honesty and clarity. I have struggled with eating, body image and food since early adolesence, but since reading this and working hard to apply its principles to my life I am the lightest I have ever been, I am relaxed about food and eating and despite having a post-baby body I think I look marvellous!

I would thoroughly recommend it for any woman who has problems with their eating: I would not have believed the almost magical effect it would have on me.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, 23 Mar 2005
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I would highly rec'd this book to both those in the helping professions working with people with eating disorders and also those suffering with one. I have found it invaluable as a Psychotherapist but more importantly in my recovery from bulimia. I reread it almost every year.
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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The original "anti-diet" book, 3 Mar 2001
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The insights offered in this book still relate very pertinently to today. The exercises give some devastating insights into how you perceive food, and how that relates to your self-image. This book stands head and shoulders above some of the later books in terms of its simplicity. It is needed now more than ever with the "liberation" of women, which has led more and more to a distorted media image of women's bodies.
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