by Brittany Gibbons 240 pages
"First of all, thanks for picking up this copy of my first book. I hope you buy it—and not just because each purchase gets me one step closer to buying the leather pants of my dreams.
I hope you buy Fat Girl Walking because I want to start a conversation. Or continue a conversation, one I inadvertently started a while ago when I took my clothes off on a stage in front of 700 people. A lot of people thought I was awesome for doing that. A lot of others thought a size 18 woman had absolutely no business showing off her body. Unfortunately for them, I've made it my personal mission on my blog, in social media, on television, and now in this amazing book you're holding, to destroy the ridiculous myth that every woman who is overweight hates her body and herself. I, Brittany Gibbons, and the Curvy Girls I speak to every day on the internet, beg to differ. We love our bodies. We love fashion. We are in loving relationships, having lots of sex. We aren't just a fetish, we're normal women. Sure, sometimes we doubt ourselves, we're not robots, but not anymore than EVERY OTHER WOMAN ON THE PLANET. See, Fat Girls aren't freaks of nature. We're just like you. Maybe we are you."
That's part of the summary from the publisher/Goodreads. In this series of essays, Brittany Gibbons writes about her life, from childhood to the present. Honestly, I don't remember why I placed a hold on this book. While I found parts of it interesting (and some of it funny but cringeworthy), I mostly came away feeling like I wanted to like it more than I did. Gibbons' title mentions feeling comfortable in your skin, but she clearly isn't most of the time. I kept reading out of curiosity, but not because I was really loving the book.
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