Read my hips
Subtitle: how I learned to love my body, ditch dieting, and live large
By: Kim Brittingham
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780307464385
Subjects: Overweight women; Psychology; Self-esteem in women; Reducing diets; Case studies; Body image in women; Biography; Women
Description: Offers an account of how the blogger and essayist learned to reject diets, accept herself, and adopt a healthy body image, and explores her complex relationships with food, sex, and exercise.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Read my hips; title: pt. 1. Ditching dieting; title: Ring dings; title: Glory Davis made me believe in total transformation; title: Bacon cheddar melt; title: We were the weight loss counselors; title: Can't stand the farm stand; title: Belly; title: pt. 2. Loving my body; title: Strut; title: A tale of two photo sessions; title: My grandmother : forever in my arms; title: Gym dandies; title: Out on a limb; title: pt. 3. Living large; title: Boys who said yes; title: Fat Aunt Phyllis; title: Fat is contagious; title: When the avenue walks on you; title: Video star; title: Reach the beach.