"As Strings, and others who preach fat liberation point out, the stigma associated with weight isn't about health. Rather, it's a tool for those in power to wield, with the assumption that if utilized properly, their status within our society's hierarchy will remain intact. Therefore, the goal of weight stigma has always been to keep people who live in larger bodies abased, shamed and regretful for what they have allowed. It's to see their identities as 'spoiled', wasted, and only redeemable through the attainment of a smaller body."

This book is 1) physically beautiful, much like the author herself, 2) an empowering and very personally vulnerable story of Stephanie's struggle with being a fat Black woman in the U.K. during the internet era, and 3) an insightful and powerful exploration of the uniquely marginalized intersection of fatness, Blackness, and non-maleness, and how society fails, and purposefully harms, those at that intersection on a daily basis.

Trigger warnings for mental illness, eating disorders, self harm, fatphobia, racism, suicidal ideation, etc. If you can handle it, the education that Stephanie Yeboah provides is absolutely worth the heartbreak of reading about her experiences. And her authorial voice is soooo warm and hilarious. Love her and love this book.