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Fat chicks rule! : how to survive in a thin-centric world / Lara Frater.

Title
Fat chicks rule! : how to survive in a thin-centric world / Lara Frater.
Author
Frater, Lara.
Publication
Brooklyn, NY : IG Pub., c2005.

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203 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Discrimination against overweight persons > United States
  • Obesity in women > Social aspects > United States
  • Overweight women > Conduct of life
  • Overweight women > Health and hygiene > United States
  • Overweight women > Psychology
  • Overweight women > United States > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The fat-astic history of fat chicks -- Roll models: famous fat chicks -- Here we are now, entertain us! entertainment for fat chicks -- Movies -- Television -- Fat chick lit -- Size-positive magazines and zines -- Shopping in the thin-centric world -- Chain stores -- Stores built for fat chicks -- Planes, trains & automobiles -- Seating issues for fat chicks -- Fat chicks fight back: advocacy and discrimination -- Witty comebacks: against the cruel and fat-phobic -- Dieting to death -- The war against fat: facts and misrepresentations -- Fat and fit are just fine! -- The doctor will see you now: dealing with the medical profession -- Feeling groovy: developing positive self-esteem and self-worth -- You are so beautiful: tips on looking hot -- No more sitting at home on saturday night: dating and romance -- Sex: fat chicks gettin' it good! -- Endnote: -- Size-acceptance links and blogs -- Heroes and villains -- [T]he future for fat chicks.
ISBN
0975251716
LCCN
^^2005009447
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library