EPISODE · May 2, 2019 · 9H 11M
Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You (By Sofie Hagen)
from Listen to Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Women · host Sofie Hagen
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You Author: Sofie Hagen Narrator: Sofie Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: ‘Perfect, kind, hilarious and persuasive’ Lena Dunham ‘You need this book. Your mum needs this book. Your best friend needs this book. Everyone needs a dose of Happy Fat!’ Julie Murphy ‘I am a fat person and I love my body. I feel lucky to be able to say that – it has taken a lot of work and a lot of time. I want to tell you what I have learned and how I got here.’ In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are rife. From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers – drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way. Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned look at how taking up space in a culture that is desperate to reduce you can be radical, emboldening and life-changing.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You Author: Sofie Hagen Narrator: Sofie Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: ‘Perfect, kind, hilarious and persuasive’ Lena Dunham ‘You need this book. Your mum needs this book. Your best friend needs this book. Everyone needs a dose of Happy Fat!’ Julie Murphy ‘I am a fat person and I love my body. I feel lucky to be able to say that – it has taken a lot of work and a lot of time. I want to tell you what I have learned and how I got here.’ In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are rife. From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers – drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way. Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned look at how taking up space in a culture that is desperate to reduce you can be radical, emboldening and life-changing.
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