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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia | Sabrina Strings

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I finished this yesterday, but I needed some time to process before I could write down my thoughts.

This book is intense. It‘s a quick read, but there is so much to take in. Racism, antisemitism, sexism, eugenics, high control religious groups - the roots of our obsession with thinness are multifaceted, but none of them are good.
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GingerAntics When valid, well done research shows that body size isn‘t the health predictor it‘s made out to be, a woman with decades in the field is taken down by a man from a completely different field, and our doctors just keep telling us we all need to lose weight. Some doctors are asking questions, but far too many of them are not. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 3w

GingerAntics This is such an important read for everyone, but if you are trying to deconstruct your own past with diet culture and/or disordered eating, this book is absolutely vital. Everyone should read it. #SabrinaStrings #FearingTheBlackBody #audiobook #FatPhobia #elitism #classism #racism #antisemitism #HighControlReligiousGroups #MentalHealth #health #sanity 3w

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kspenmoll

The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews | Father Patrick Desbois

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“Every witness is unique,a living protest of sorts against the abject annihilation of the memory of his assassinated Jewish neighbors”(145).Why have I read this month 3 books addressing the holocaust,1 through a photograph,a 2nd,historical fiction following a real child,& this one, through bullets? I think I am seeing so many parallels to our president‘s attempt to turn this country into a dictatorship-I need the concrete.#MondayMood 🤬😡😢😭

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Deblovestoread So important! Stacking. 1mo

Butterfinger Yes, and it is so easy to become depressed because you feel so impotent about the past. We can do something now. Keep sharing about the past and speaking up about today's injustices. I hope you read something light. The photograph still haunts me. I remember when Lisa Kudrow found out about her father's Jewish family. They had all been murdered in a mass grave. I can't remember if it was Ukraine or Poland. There was a memorial. 1mo

Butterfinger I never thought till today that these precious people should be exhumed and given a respectful burial. I need to read this book. We need to honor by reading about each soul. Do you follow The Beloved Children of the Holocaust? 1mo

kspenmoll @Butterfinger I will look into The Beloved Children. 1mo

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kspenmoll

The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews | Father Patrick Desbois

“The Nazis had taken away beauty from everything…”

dabbe 😢😪😭 1mo

AnnCrystal 😢. 1mo

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kspenmoll

The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews | Father Patrick Desbois

Father Patrick Desbois‘s passionate commitment to honoring the 1.5 million Jews who died by bullets.

Butterfinger That would be sucg a daunting task. This is all of Europe, correct? I know of communities who have built monuments with names who were lost. He's right. In death, they should be honored. 1mo

GingerAntics Oh my god, they are/have building monuments to the Nazis? That‘s gross! That‘s not any different in my mind than building monuments to confederate soldiers and the confederacy itself. This man is doing amazing, important work. 1mo

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kspenmoll @Butterfinger @GingerAntics Yes,the Nazi monuments are all over Europe.These literal killing fields are located all over Ukraine-those were the villages he was visiting & recording elderly witnesses that were still alive.Most had never unburdened themselves of their stories. His grandfather,a French soldier was captured by the Germans & sent to Rawa-Ruska,a concentration camp in Ukraine 1mo

kspenmoll It was his grandfather who got him interested in Ukraine where 1.5 mil Jews were killed by bullets. 1mo

GingerAntics @kspenmoll wow! That is terrible! I‘m so glad he gave these survivors space to let these stories out. No one should carry any story, any trauma, but certainly such horrors alone. 1mo

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The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews | Father Patrick Desbois

Early morning coffee, a book & my snuggly cats. What a satisfying way to start my day. ☕️📙😻😻
#MondayMood

Deblovestoread

Kitta I had both of mine on me last night 😆 1mo

kspenmoll @Kitta They are such warm soft blankets! 1mo

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo

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Deblovestoread A perfect way to start your day! Wishing you a peaceful mood all day long! ❤️ 1mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 #emandpoe 1mo

RaeLovesToRead One of these kitties looks more happy for it to be morning than the other 😄❤️ Give them a snuggle from me! 1mo

AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻💝. 1mo

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kspenmoll

The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews | Father Patrick Desbois

This is a library book that was referred to in the book Ravine by Wendy Lower. Started it today. Like her book, it is a record of a holocaust by bullets rather than death camps, mostly in Eastern Europe. #toomanybookstoolittletime #libraryhold

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AlaMich

The Golem of Brooklyn: A Novel | Adam Mansbach

We‘re heading to California on Thursday and I have been in a wicked reading slump. So I picked these up today for the trip, and hopefully one will work out for me. All of them rather slim so as not to overwhelm myself. 😵‍💫

#vacationreading
#dogsoflitsy

kspenmoll Enjoy your vacation! Being away just might work to break your reading slump! 1mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

LeahBergen Enjoy your holiday! ❤️ 1mo

AlaMich @kspenmoll @LeahBergen Thank you! 1mo

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The Origins of Totalitarianism | Hannah Arendt

So much this. Happy 4th of July?

Ruthiella 👍👍👍 2mo

Chrissyreadit I am celebrating No Kings Day from now on…. 2mo

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dabbe #word 💙✊💙 2mo

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kspenmoll

Origins of Totalitarianism | Hannah Arendt

Just finished viewing this mesmerizing PBS documentary- if you have access to PBS it‘s well-worth viewing! Parallels to our existing executive branch are glaring. #adventuresinphilosophy

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Tamra Thanks for posting! Off to find it. 2mo

squirrelbrain I just finished this book, in which Arendt is featured. Not sure I understood a lot of it, but still worth a read.

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Deblovestoread Thanks for this. Will definitely find and watch. 2mo

Bookwomble Thanks for the tag 😊 2mo

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ncsufoxes

Holocaust: An Unfinished History | Dan Stone

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Over the last few years I have stopped reading about WWII because it‘s been so overwhelming. This one was interesting but a hard read. The author discusses some of the early history that lead to the Holocaust, the propaganda, the acceptance of many as the Nazi party pushed its agenda forward. He discusses that it‘s impossible for any one person to be an expert in the Holocaust because it covers so many areas, regions, counties of Europe.

ncsufoxes He doesn‘t make excuses for why so many were complicit in what happened. He did discuss some of what was happening in Poland (my great grandparents emigrated to the US from Poland shortly after WWI, they were Catholic & lived somewhere near what is now the Ukraine). He also talks about after the war & basically some of the issues we have today that stem from the past. It was interesting but also difficult for many due to the traumatic past it 2mo

ncsufoxes encapsulates. #realhistory #honesthistory #14books14weeks @Liz_M 2mo

Librarybelle Stacking 2mo

kspenmoll I ordered it. Could not stop myself. Thanks. 2mo

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