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- Three-quarters of the women in North America think they're fat, though only a third of them are
- More than 11 million American girls and women are afflicted with anorexia or bulimia
- The average weight of a fashion model, 8 percent below that of the average woman in 1967, has fallen to more than 25 percent below that of the average woman today
What is behind these disturbing statistics? Money. In this passionate, provocative book, journalist Terry Poulton explores exactly how big business glorifies emaciation -- and why women have become willing to pursue the mirage of the "perfect" body even at the cost of their lives.
Poulton once became a women's magazine cover story by losing 65 pounds in six months, only to regain all the weight. The experience sent her into hiding . . . led her to have her stomach stapled and to embark on a liquid-protein diet that destroyed her gall bladder . . . and finally ended in the realization, compellingly documented in this book, that her lifelong battle with fat -- and with the crippling self-hatred and self-denial that stayed with her even in her "thin periods" -- was fostered by a $50-billion industry devoted to the proposition that a woman is worthless unless she's thin.
In No Fat Chicks Poulton traces the evolution of antifat ideology and of the businesses that profit from it, and explains how the health-care and fashion industries, among others, have become complicit in promulgating an image of the ideal body, that's impossible for 95 percent of women to achieve. She shows how the mass media's vicious vilification of "fat chicks" guarantees that women will frantically keep spending money on products that promise escape from the stigma.She demonstrates how the cultural pressure to be thin can constrain a woman's life --
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《出版社週刊》(Publisher's Weekly)評論
As a large woman, Canadian freelance writer Poulton argues that she subjected herself to destructive gimmicks promoted by the billion-dollar weight-loss industry, which is the subject of her investigation here. After losing and regaining 65 pounds, she had her stomach stapled and went on a liquid fast that destroyed her gall bladder. Now a "size liberation" activist, she traces the cultural obsession with thin bodies sparked by designer Christian Dior's 1947 "new look" and accelerated by the fame of super-thin London model Twiggy in 1967. An industry composed of diet doctors and producers of diet products mushroomed and prospered by convincing women, often against medical evidence, that thin is healthy and fat is sick, according to Poulton. In her convincing exposé, occasionally marred by her strident tone, she describes how the quest for thinness has resulted in discrimination against large women, a rise in eating disorders and damaged self-esteem. She also takes to task the fashion industry for ignoring these women's clothing needs. Although Poulton recommends that women with large body types exercise and eat healthily, she also advocates that they disregard the anti-fat profiteers. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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These two books cover much of the same material. Both authors comment on fat hatred, provide numerous examples of prejudice, share very sad personal stories, and cite books and articles on the negative image of the fat lady. Both express rage at family or friends or other women for rude remarks; negative portrayals of obese women; cultural norms that perpetuate an obsession with female looks; and stereotypes that fat (and old) ladies are lazy, unkempt, disorderly, ugly, and unhealthy overeaters. They also criticize the megabusiness of weight loss and exercise; unrepresentativeness of insurance height/weight tables; continued encouragement from the medical profession to lose weight despite research that clearly shows that dieting does not work and that it is unhealthy to continually lose and regain; different expectations for females as opposed to males; and the dangers of diet pills, liquid protein, liposuction, intestinal bypass surgery, and stomach stapling. Thone, a recovered alcoholic who has written and spoken on weight, appearance, and aging, focuses on inner struggles with body image, size, thinness, self-esteem, youthful presence, and age-acceptance; she also makes workshop suggestions. Journalist Poulton hits hard on advertising, fashion, modeling (especially the Twiggy standard), and the calculated antifat strategy of commercial weight loss programs (Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast, Nutri/System, Weight Watchers). She praises plus-size clothing marketing and magazines for big, beautiful, successful women. Each author uses a conversational style that is sometimes difficult to read for long periods--partly autobiographical, partly editorial. Thone's book is an overpriced eclectic gathering, almost as if she had compiled diary excerpts, and she uses long quotations, capitals, and italics too often. Both have an important message, but Poulton's approach and content are more geared to an academic library audience. All levels. E. R. Paterson SUNY College at Cortland