A review by ajunkel
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith

4.0

I don’t agree with every take this author has, but overall this was a compulsively readable look at raising kids in a world that demonizes fatness. As I sat here finishing it, my 8-year-old asked if I thought she was thin, so its relevance is obvious for me, despite being in straight sizes myself and with (currently) thin children. Navigating a world where self-hatred is the norm is tricky, and this book offers a lot of common sense and data on rejecting the idea that thinness is health or worth striving for.