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Jari-chan
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And here's my last #BookSpinBingo board for 2025. Funny enough, my #BookSpin is the same book as my #CasttheDie choice. Nr. 20 is a Free Choice and I'll take what I can, because I'm still not sure how my reading is going to be this month.

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looks fantastic!! 1w
Jari-chan @TheAromaofBooks Thank you 💖💖 7d
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Jari-chan
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Numbers 18 & 19 in #CasttheDie are my Free Choices, so I think I count any book I manage to read this month towards that 😅 Number 10 is this book I got from the library and plan to read soon. I'd rather read some Christmas romance, but it can't all be happy and sweet all the time, right?

@PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper Sandwich it between some Christmas romances! 1w
Jari-chan @PuddleJumper I'm so going to do that. 1w
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Robotswithpersonality
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Would love to be able to hand this book out like a pamphlet.
An incredible resource, full of both vulnerable personal experience and great research, clearly stating the troubled history, the debunking, the way forward for each myth.
I love that each chapter ends with action items and/or reflection questions. I love that Gordon is consistently thinking in nuanced terms of people representing multiple marginal identities. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? She's so clear about what's wrong with the way that people have been thinking, so comprehensive in discussing the individuals and forces that have lead to the current thinking, so unrelenting in laying out how inexcusable it is to continue with this thinking.
I'll acknowledge repeated points, but it's more about the linkages compounding the discrimination than it is about redundancies in the text.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/3 Even if you've heard these points made before, chances are you haven't had them all laid out so tidly to refer back to whenever rebuttal against prejudice is required.
It's such a well collated and formatted guide, I think there really isn't a substitution for just picking it up and reading it. So many could benefit from more people doing so.
⚠️Discussion of disordered eating, anti-fatness, misogyny, racism, ableism
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Robotswithpersonality
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A damn low bar for decency, but I'm glad we're leading the pack in some ways. 🇨🇦♥️

TheKidUpstairs I gotta say, it's a surprise to see Canadian airlines leading the pack in any positive facet! 2w
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Robotswithpersonality
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“...let us name our own bodies.“

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Robotswithpersonality
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...“all of us have a responsibility to get support in a way that doesn't threaten someone else's dignity or healing.“

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Robotswithpersonality
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“Capitalism is not and will not be a source of justice for any of us.“

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Pickpick

As someone who has been on the wrong side of BMI since puberty & felt that doctors often ignored my problem & focused instead on a scale number that has fluctuated within the same range for decades…I could definitely relate. This book clearly outlines how large, does not equal unhealthy & the hype-focus on size means not focusing on important things, in fact often ignoring them. Great research in this book, mixed with the author‘s experience.

Jari-chan Ah, the world famous Bullshit Index 🤫😎 4mo
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vlwelser
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This was sort of interesting. She has an interesting perspective.

#SheSaid @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Hello #SheSaid!

How has the month treated you? Hopefully it was a good one and you fit some reading in too.

As you finish up the book, stop in below and let‘s discuss!

GingerAntics Oh wow those get TINY! I would love to see something like this in person. 4mo
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MallenNC This was a good book and I think she did a great job mixing the personal with the academic support of the topic. This is so prevalent in our society. 4mo
vlwelser @MallenNC I totally agree. It was also interesting to see this topic from the view point of a philosopher. 4mo
MallenNC @vlwelser I thought so too. It showed the scope of the issue in a different way than say a sociologist. And she did a good job of including pop culture in this. 4mo
DebinHawaii I have not been good with keeping up with the reading or the discussions but I finished this one today & thought it was really good. I highlighted a ton in it & while the subject matter made it frustrating & sad/dismaying to read, I think she made her points well & as @MallenNC said, did a great job of weaving in her personal experiences with data & history. 4mo
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