Personal Narratives

BOOKS

• Andrew, J., & Friedman, M. (Eds.). (2020). Body stories: In and out and with and through fat. Demeter Press.
• Baker, J. (2018). Landwhale: On turning insults into nicknames, why body image is hard, and how diets can kiss my ass. Seal Press.
• Bowen, S. (2021). Bad fat Black girl: Notes from a trap feminist. Harper Collins.
• Chaudry, R. (2022). Fatty fatty boom boom. Algonquin Books.
• Dark, K. (2019). Fat, pretty, and soon to be old: A makeover for self and society. AK Press.
• Feast, F. (2023). Naked: On sex, work, and other burlesques. Algonquin Books.
• Gay, R. (2017). Hunger: A memoir of (my) body. Harper Perennial.
• Kent, C. (2023). Fat off, fat on: A big bitch manifesto. Feminist Press.
• Manne, K. (2024). Unshrinking: How to face fatphobia. Crown.
• Martz, D. (2019). Fat talk: A feminist perspective. McFarland & Company Inc.
• Moore, J. (2005). Fat girl. Hudson Street Press.
• Schoenfielder, L., & Wieser, B. (Eds.). (1983). Shadow on a tightrope: Writings by women on fat oppression. Aunt Lute Book Company.
• Tovar, V. (Ed.). (2012). Hot & heavy: Fierce fat girls on life, love & fashion. Seal Press.
• Vernon, L. (2019). Unashamed: Musings of a fat, Black Muslim. Beacon Press.
• Verseghy, J., & Abel, S. (Eds.). (2018). Heavy burdens: Stories of motherhood and fatness. Demeter Press.
• West, L. (2017). Shrill. Hachette Books.

ARTICLES

• Felkins, S. (2019). The weight I carry. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 40(3). https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/article/747123
• Lee, J. (2017). Ripping off the mask: A queer, kinky, fat masquerade. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, 4(1), 114-120. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/26/article/660597
• Maharaj, J. (2021). Don’t read the comments: A fat girl’s audacity. Fat Studies, 12(1), 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2021.1974712
• Rashatwar, S. (2023). How I made peace with my fat body and disappointed my parents. Health. https://www.health.com/mind-body/sonalee-rashatwar-how-i-made-peace-with-my-fat-body-health-at-every-size
• Reidinger, B. (2020, January 16). The elephant in the room: A fat woman in academe. Inside higher ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/01/17/importance-recognizing-and-addressing-weight-based-discrimination-academe-opinion
• Tovar, V. (2013). Freedom, failure, and rebellion: The queer art of being a fat, Mexican Chichona. Chicana/Latina Studies, 12(2), 142-147. https://thisbridgecalledcyberspace.net/FILES/3200.pdf
• Wann, M. (2005). Fat & choice: A personal essay. MP: An Online Feminist Journal, 1(3). http://academinist.org/wp-content/uploads/2005/09/010308Wann_Fat.pdf