Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls

A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

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Pub Date Oct 27 2015 | Archive Date Oct 27 2015

Description

This is Jes Baker's body-love party, and you're invited.

Among the many Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls that you don’t want to miss:

1. It’s Possible to Love Your Body (Today. Now.)
2. You Can Train Your Brain to Play Nice
3. Your Weight Is Not a Reflection Of Your Worth
4. Changing Your Tumblr Feed Will Change Your Life
5. Salad Will Not Get You to Heaven
6. Cheesecake Will Not Send You to Hell

With her trademark wit, honesty, and rallying spirit, veteran blogger and advocate Jes Baker makes the case for embracing a body-positive worldview, changing
perceptions about weight, and making mental wellness a priority. Alongside notable guest essayists, Baker calls on all people to reject fat prejudice, fight body-shaming at the hands of marketing & media, and join the life-changing movement with one step: change the world by loving your body. If you’re a person with a body, this book is for you.

This is Jes Baker's body-love party, and you're invited.

Among the many Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls that you don’t want to miss:

1. It’s Possible to Love Your Body (Today. Now.)
2. You Can Train...

A Note From the Publisher

Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health.

Jes is internationally recognized for her writing on her blog, The Militant Baker, and for the “Attractive and Fat” campaign, a response to Abercrombie and Fitch’s controversial branding efforts. Her extensive body advocacy work has continued to garner attention from hundreds of national and international media networks.

When not blogging, Jes spends her time producing the renowned Body Love Conference, speaking at universities, taking pictures in her underwear, writing for several online publications, working with clothing companies to promote more plus size fashion, and trying to convince her cats that they like to wear sweaters and bow ties. Learn more about Jes at TheMilitantBaker.com.

Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health.

Jes is internationally recognized for her writing...


Advance Praise

“Thank you, Jes Baker. Thank you from my daughter. Thank you from me . . . Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is a cultural game changer.”
Brittany Gibbons, Bestselling author of Fat Girl Walking

“Fierce. Funny. Factual . . . Tackles our most deeply held beliefs about our bodies with razor sharp wit and an unapologetic commitment that we all deserve to love these vessels we live in. Bravo for this piece of body liberation!”
Sonya Renee Taylor, Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not an Apology

“Thank you, Jes Baker. Thank you from my daughter. Thank you from me . . . Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is a cultural game changer.”
Brittany Gibbons, Bestselling author of Fat Girl Walking
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Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781580055826
PRICE $16.00 (USD)

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This was a great, funny, inclusive, feminist book. Definitely a must-read for the Tumblr generation.

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I think this book would be a great read for anyone that has a negative body image. So dont let the title trick you into thinking that its just for us "big" girls because there is so many ideas, tips, positive affirmations and confidence boosters for anyone regardless of size.

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What an amazing message! And Jes writes just like I talk. I loved it!

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