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F*ck Your Diet
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me | Chlo Hilliard
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Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body. By the time Chlo Hilliard was 12, she wore a size 12both shoe and dressand stood over six feet tall. Fitting in was never an option. That didnt stop her from trying. Cursed with a slow metabolism, baby weight, and big bones,the fat trilogyChloe turned to fad diets, starvation, pills, and workouts, all of which failed. Realizing that everythingfrom government policies to corporate capitalismdirectly impacts our relationship with food and our waistlines, Chlo changed her outlook on herself and hopes others will do the same for themselves. The perfect mix of cultural commentary, conspiracies, and confessions, F*ck Your Diet pokes fun at the all too familiar, misguided quest for better health, permanent weight loss, and a sense of self-worth.
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Panpan

A 3 is being generous. I thought it was going to be funny but it was not. I wasnt really intrested in her story either.

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rather_be_reading
rather_be_reading
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me | Chlo Hilliard
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Book 153 of 2020
#audiobook #scribd #nonfiction

Jaimelire Well, I like the title! 🙂 4y
rather_be_reading @Jaimelire haha right! 4y
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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
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Pickpick

This book is a great look at all sorts of issues from body image, to intimate partner abuse, the Princess lie, the invisibility of black women, “fat” people with eating disorders, and even sex. It was funny and lighthearted, but didn‘t hold any punches when it came to these heavy topics. It was refreshingly real and honest (even about the downsides of a vegan diet). 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics She covered food deserts and the shockingly low standards of American food. She talked about double standards for women and how those double standards are more like triple standards for black women. She even got into show business and plastic surgery. This woman knows what she‘s talking about, but doesn‘t rub your face in it. Her tone is exactly what you want for such serious topics all together. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 (edited) 4y
GingerAntics I seriously hope I can see her stand up the next time she can actually do gigs. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 4y
GingerAntics My only real complaint is that after all the self love, body positivity, she talked about how she‘s found her equilibrium on the scale and in life, summing it up with “I‘m not gross. I‘m not perfect either.” So suddenly fat is “gross” and skinny is “perfect.” 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 4y
GingerAntics Maybe I misunderstood, but this seems to throw body positivity, self love, and self acceptance (the messages of this book) right out of the window. Still totally worth the read, but avoid that bit. #ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook (edited) 4y
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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
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Here, she was talking about how her weight has fluctuated (sometimes to extremes) throughout her life, but how she‘s found an equilibrium. So skinny is “perfect” and fat is “gross”?! So much for body positivity.
This is the one and only thing I didn‘t love about this book.
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
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Oh my god, this message needs to be front and center of EVERYTHING!!! It‘s not perfect. It can be better. It should be better.
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me | Chlo Hilliard
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She‘s got a point here. We take their land (some just taken, some paid for), then we screw them over in trade, then we vilify them for being forced to look elsewhere for liveable conditions.
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
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💙💙💙
I love everything about this.
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
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🤣😂🤣
She was refreshingly honest (in a humorous way) about the down sides of a vegan diet.
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook #vegandiet #vegan #sarcasm

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me | Chlo Hilliard
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🤣😂🤣
Airport Security Problems...it‘s a little different from everyone, but we can all relate.
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
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🤣😂🤣
She was really honest about her eating disorder. It was nice to hear from someone else with an eating disorder that wasn‘t so skinny it was obvious. For some reason, people don‘t think disordered eating (or lack of eating) is a problem if you‘re still fat, even if you do feint.
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook #eatingdisorder #honest #humour

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
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I love her sarcasm and humour.
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook #sarcasm

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me | Chlo Hilliard
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Lightening things up a bit before bed, because who doesn‘t want a popcorn bra with a cookie?!
#ChloeHilliard #FckYourDiet #audiobook

Branwen I would totally wear this! 😂🤣 I love popcorn! 4y
GingerAntics @Branwen right? Probably not very supportive, but convenient for binge watching a good show. 🤣😂🤣 4y
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JoScho
JoScho
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me | Chlo Hilliard
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Sharing books by black authors during the month of July. I will add the synopsis from Goodreads below and in the comments.
Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body. ⬇️
#readblackauthors #blacklivesmatter #blm #bethechange

JoScho By the time Chloé Hilliard was 12, she wore a size 12—both shoe and dress—and stood over six feet tall. Fitting in was never an option. That didn‘t stop her from trying. Cursed with a “slow metabolism,” “baby weight,” and “big bones,”—the fat trilogy—Chloe turned to fad diets, starvation, pills, and workouts, all of which failed. 4y
JoScho Realizing that everything—from government policies to corporate capitalism—directly impacts our relationship with food and our waistlines, Chloé changed her outlook on herself and hopes others will do the same for themselves.

The perfect mix of cultural commentary, conspiracies, and confessions, F*ck Your Diet pokes fun at the all too familiar, misguided quest for better health, permanent weight loss, and a sense of self-worth. 4y
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amma-keep-reading
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me | Chlo Hilliard
Pickpick

I appreciate the research and introspection the author did to write this memoir. I didn't expect to take some notes.

It's also helpful to me as I reflect on how my own issues with body image affect my personal relationships.

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BlameJennyJane
BlameJennyJane
F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me | Chlo Hilliard
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Panpan

Chloe Hilliard is likable and has had an interesting life thus far. There‘s a good story there. I just don‘t think the author was a good storyteller. She was clearly slugging her way through the script with the least natural narration I‘ve heard on an audiobook since the 90s. And I would not have guessed Hilliard is a comedian; that didn‘t come through for me at all.

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