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Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large

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Kim Brittingham struggled for years with her weight and body image before she learned how to love her self unconditionally, find her confidence, and fully enjoy her life.  In this unflinching, humorous, and uplifting memoir, she openly explores her complex relationships with food and dieting, sex and dating, and exercise and health, ultimately inspiring every woman to live life to the absolute fullest, no matter what your jean size.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

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Kim Brittingham

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Kim Brittingham is a writer and blogger whose personal essays have been published on iVillage, Salon and Fresh Yarn. She received widespread national attention, including appearances on the Today Show and NPR, when she created a mock self-help book jacket with the title, Fat is Contagious: How Sitting Next to a Fat Person Can Make YOU Fat, wrapped it around a real book, and pretended to read it while riding the buses of New York City as an informal social experiment. Brittingham is the star of a video series pilot for NBC Universal called “Big Life” and her own video series called “Kim Weighs In” (http://www.kimweighsin.com).

Brittingham is an Anglophile; dreams of finding an affordable fencing school; lustily watches the History Channel and can’t stop having good ideas. She divides her time between New York and the Jersey Shore.

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22 reviews6 followers
July 6, 2011
I loved this book. Finally someone who isn't telling me how great my life will be once I finally lose the weight. Kim tells the story of how she came to accept her curves, belly, and big legs as part of her and deemed them acceptable, lovable and sexy. She does more than just endure life she thrives in it and is pursuing her dreams right where she is.

More than just big girl power it's about self empowerment without being preachy or with a three-step plan to achieve it. It's an honest, vulnerable story. You can see yourself in it whether you struggle with your weight or not. We all have pieces of ourselves we want to change - nose, breasts, legs, weight, hair color, arms, etc. Her story is humorous, relateable, engaging and honest.

Don't read it if you're wanting a how-to. Don't read it if you want diet tips. Don't read it expecting it to be an easy journey.

Read it if you want to laugh, think, and begin to love yourself just a tad bit more.
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218 reviews1 follower
July 27, 2011
"If I lose x pounds, I'll be/feel attractive. If I weigh x pounds, people will like me. If I just lose x more pounds, I'll be happy." Why, like her, have I believed this for so long? Because it's been engrained in my head since I was a child--this idea that only pretty, thin people are truly happy or somehow more deserving.

It made me realize that it doesn't matter what I weigh, I need to live my life now and do the things that I want to do. The number on the scale does not determine my self worth or who I am.

I usually don't like "self help" type books, but this was great. If you've ever struggled with weight or any other problem that makes you question your self worth, read this.
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707 reviews
March 8, 2018
I needed to read this book! Sadly, for most of my life I have been conditioned to love myself and my body only when I am a master of calorie restriction and when I am thin. I am so tired of living my life like this. This book has started me on a journey to love myself and my body at any weight. It will take years to undo the negative thoughts but this is a great first step!
"What if I could be everything else I wanted to be ... without ever having to be thin? What if?"
"You're just as valuable a human being now as you might be fifty pounds from now"
‎(Kim Brittingham)
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1,224 reviews
June 21, 2011
What I expected was a marginally interesting read with a few pointers on living life to its fullest whether that's in size or grandeur, what I got was happily a bit more with a few spots of discomfort along the edges. Allow me to explain.

This book is part memoir, part self help in the fact that you get to see life through the author's eyes, but also gain a bit of insight to better help you come to a place of understanding and acceptance about your body image. There are times you will laugh....like around page 19 where you get the infamous 'Sixteen Candles' quote. There are times you will cry....like when she is rejected by this butt of a guy who doesn't deserve the time of day even. There are times you'll be shocked....such as the snack raids her and her fellow diet center workers had on unsuspecting boxes of diet peanut butter bars. There are times you will take notes and try things for yourself....like unleashing your inner 'Marilyn Monroe' with a strut (totally works....totally). It's an interesting mix of life experience and lessons gleaned and shared from the heart. The strength that it took to go through some of those experience and then to share them with the world in such a frank manner....if we were holding votes for world's strongest woman, she'd have to be amongst the contestants.


I respect and am all for the way the author came to terms with her self image and realized that it had no bearing (or rather shouldn't have any bearing) on her self value. No one is less worthy of love, respect, acknowledgement, etc simply because of their weight or lack thereof. There were times though that I was uncomfortable as a reader. The derrogatory nature of the terms "fat", "overweight", even "big" that our society has ingrained in us versus her comfort level (or perceived comfort level) with throwing them around left me squirming. I mean, okay...I admit it. I'm not the thinnest person on the planet by any means nor am I the largest but even if I was I don't think I could truly accept those terms into my own vocabulary to openly refer to myself. Just a personal quirk perhaps, but one that struck me while reading nonetheless.

The moral of the story....it's not bad if you're "big", but your health is another matter altogether. Striking a balance between these two opposites as well as your own happiness is truly the most we can hope for out of life...and we should accept nothing less. My personal opinion....eat healthy and in moderation. Start making those choices early (even today...it's never too late) and it will become a part of your body's make up allowing you to have your salad and eat your cake too.

Recommended read for older teens and adult readers interesting in the life and times of a fellow traveller on this crazy road we call life or simply looking for someone who has "been there done that and is going back for more". You'll laugh a little, learn a lot and best of all learn the meaning of unconditional acceptance as it applies to others as well as yourself.
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461 reviews53 followers
July 11, 2017
Overall this book hovered between somewhere between OK and good. I liked the overall message but in the context of an entire book, it got repetitive.

Her biggest message that the world doesn’t hear enough of is that our society has made it OK to openly hate fat people. From people she has worked with to her own family, the way some people talk to and about fat people is, pardon my language, just plain fucked up. As someone ‘larger than life’ I can relate to some of what she went through. Not enough people understand that being fat in America is hard. I hope some skinny people will read this and get a better idea of what it's like.

One thing about fatness I don’t think she addresses very well is that fat can be the combination of genetics, diet, and lifestyle. I can change my diet and lifestyle all I want but I’ll always be ‘plus size’ because of how my body is built. She talks a little about how healthy but thick people are hated on but I think she needed to go a little deeper. Fat can be fit and fat can be fat. There’s a difference.

I also don’t think Brittingham explicitly explained why food was such a comfort. Again as someone ‘larger than life’ I understand it but I don’t know if everyone else will. I also worry that she didn’t say much of anything against it. I’ve seen firsthand some of the very negative consequences that habit can have.

I also disagree with her about exercising. Exercising doesn’t bore me and I like how I feel after I do it. I love feeling that hurts-so-good ache after working out. I agree with her that the traditional gym setting doesn’t work for everyone and other people need to find creative outlets. I don't agree with the attitude that the traditional gym is bad and biased and any alternative is better. If that's not what she meant, that's not how it sounded.

I want to give this a 2.5 but I can’t get away with that. I love the overall message. Learn to love yourself big in our fat hating culture. Life is too short to wait for happiness. But my personal experience as fat made me wish some things were addressed differently.
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557 reviews71 followers
August 28, 2016
My Review: For anyone who has experienced a tumultuous relationship with food and body image— which would be almost all of us— self-acceptance may initially seem like a radical idea. And that’s because it is! As a society, we’re not taught to love ourselves and feel comfortable in our bodies. In fact, the exact opposite is true. The diet and weight-loss industry (along with several other equally criminal corporate interests) rake in millions upon millions of dollars each year by planting the malicious seeds of negative body image and cashing in on the incredible self-loathing that inevitably festers within us. The idea that we are not whole and good exactly as we are is a cruel, criminal, and incredibly destructive institutionalized message that we must challenge. And Kim Bettingham is doing just that!

Read My Hips is an insightful and wonderfully captivating memoir about freedom, acceptance, and unrestricted self-love. I, like many others, have struggled with body image issues for most of my life and can attest to the fact that self-love is one of the most challenging concepts to internalize. Am I really okay the way I am? What about the roll of my belly? The stretch marks on my inner thighs? The sway of my hips and my round behind?

It’s safe to say that Kim’s answer would be a resounding YES— you are whole and you are beautiful!

It’s amazing to me sometimes how difficult it is to truly love myself and appreciate my own wonderful uniqueness— flaws included. Indeed, true self- love is a lofty goal and it’s one that I work toward on a daily basis. And although it sometimes feels like it, I know that I am not alone. I absolutely recommend this book to anyone on a similar journey; to anyone who is tired of destroying themselves with hatred and body-related obsessions. It’s time to let go and learn to love ourselves with genuine excitement, openness, and gentle, unwavering acceptance.
1,398 reviews35 followers
September 9, 2011
Overweight author explains at some length how she's ok with that and has learned to accept herself as is. Describes horribly mean things people say to her about her weight and have since she was a kid. Overall messages of living your life the way you want to NOW rather than waiting until you lose weight, of being fun and outgoing and cheerful rather than hanging back and avoiding people because you assume they'll reject you for being fat, etc. came through well.

Beyond that, readability was highest when she described actual events or periods from her life, such as when she worked for a time pushing diet plans and the associated prepackaged foods for overweight people, eventually concluding it was a scam that didn't help anybody and therefore quitting. There are numerous other chapters in which nothing is really happening except the main theme of self-acceptance being repeated a lot.
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244 reviews3 followers
September 11, 2014
A feel good book that hashes out what it feels like to be a person in society that not only have personal self image issues but how society reacts sometimes positively and sometimes negatively to someone that doesn't meet America's ideal size. I felt that not only did I relate to this book and diets and time and how they don't necessarily work and how it is a money grab. This book definitely gave me a little bit of insight not only into the world of dieting but how it is more important to accept who you are as a person and to know that sometimes what the world wants for you isn't right for you. I recommend it to anyone that has struggled with self confidence and body image. Well done Kim, you are my new hero.
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4 reviews
November 30, 2013
I really enjoyed the beginning of this book. Read the first half in one night. Found myself nodding to many of the things she said. However, I didn't care for the second half of the book - it seemed as if she often took 10,000 words to say what could have been said in 100. Several of the last few chapters seemed like repeated ideas or run on rambling writing to fill up the chapter. I actually did a speed read on the last 5 chapters.

Still think this is one that is worth perusing because like Kim I believe that self acceptance gets you farther than beating yourself over the head for every minor slip and failure.
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261 reviews11 followers
April 2, 2016
I LOVED THIS BOOK. Now, let me tell you why.
I found Brittingham's perspective so thirst-quenchingly refreshing. Her anti-fat-shaming and female empowerment views is what I've been searching for so long. She says it's okay to wear what you want; that "tough love" trainers don't always know best; and also worth mentioning, it's okay to feel sexy, and to be considered sexy by others! What a concept! While I am not taking lightly the years she struggled with herself and the self-esteem issues she had when she was younger, it gave me hope that one day I too can feel just as confident naked as she. It gave me hope, and I will take proactive steps to gain the confidence myself. Fantastic read!
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834 reviews65 followers
August 20, 2011
The ONLY thing I didn't like about this book is that I found it so hard to believe that the author really is totally all right being fat. If she has reached that level of self-assurance, my hat's off to her. It was well worth reading for an alternative and refreshing viewpoint about the whole issue of obesity in this country. I only wish I could accept my body the way the author has. This is a quick and interesting read for anyone who is concerned about her body image. I definitely recommend it.
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2 reviews7 followers
January 8, 2013
A writer and blogger who writes primarily fat-positive personal essays, Kim Brittingham’s first novel Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large brings her refreshing tales of self-acceptance and fat-positive feminism to the world of memoirs. Each chapter reads much like a standalone essay in Brittingham’s lifelong journey to accept her body. In some ways this style was jarring, because it is not linear — we learn about her experiences in middle school, high school, college, young adulthood, and present day in no particular order. But as a whole, all of these experiences and realizations helped to form the positive body image that Brittingham has today, much like how individual moments and experiences form our current selves.

Not considered overweight myself, I did not personally relate to all of the book’s narratives (particularly her experiences on the bus or frustrations with plus-size catalogs), but I share her “radical” fat-positive views about the human form, which believes that women of all sizes should be accepted and treated equally, with no size discrimination. However, this book is inspirational to all women, regardless of size and their relationship with their bodies because the “fight” with food and weight is something that all of us have in common, whether we acknowledge it or not.

We all have been either teased or harassed for being overweight or underweight, been guilty of judging other women’s bodies against our own, or glanced at the magazines at grocery store checkout counter that promise to tell us which celebrity has the “hottest body” and who has cellulite. We live in a culture obsessed with weight, food, and dieting. The shame associated with “failing” to be the “perfect” size primarily affects women (though certainly some men as well). Brittingham’s words about body acceptance, a healthy relationship with food, and her dislike of traditional exercise seem radical compared to most memoirs on body size which generally equate weight loss with inner growth. Her experiences with dieting, binging, and self-hatred are ones that most readers can relate to (as troubling as that is) and Brittingham’s eventual overcoming of negative body image is inspirational to all women, regardless of their current relationship with their bodies.

A good example of our culture’s obsession with weight comes early in the book when Brittingham tries carb-free and Edie JeJeune (a pseudonym for a weight loss group I presume was Jenny Craig) diets and her friend hears about weight loss tea: “Look what they had. This tea. Look, it says it can help you lose ten pounds in seven days. And it’s all natural. A lady in the store saw me with the box in my hand and said she tried it. She said she lost a ton of weight the first week, but it gave her explosive diarrhea and stomach cramps. I think I can live with that, though, as long as it works.”

Funny? Yes. Serious? Also yes. Crash dieting and quick fixes, regardless of health consequences, are prevalent in today’s society, so much so that studies reveal how far women are willing to go to lose weight:

“One in six women say they would rather be blind than obese, a survey has found. Others would prefer alcoholism or catching herpes to being massively overweight. Researchers in the U.S. interviewed 100 women and asked whether they would rather be obese or have one of 12 other socially stigmatized conditions, including depression, which was chosen by one in four.” (Daily Mail)

I responded to this Daily Mail article last week, saying that if we stopped fat-shaming and equating a woman’s attractiveness and worth to unreasonable, media-driven standards of beauty, maybe women wouldn’t prefer blindness over obesity.

Brittingham also writes about the plus size clothing industry, its marketing (using thinner models and primarily selling grandma-like ”big A-line dresses” and Teddy Bear sweatshirts), and expectations for larger women to cover up their bodies so onlookers won’t be subjected to seeing a “cankle” or “roll.” This is one of the worst forms of oppression — restricting the way that women express themselves through clothing, lest onlookers be repulsed by their bodies.

Most of these concepts of how a woman’s body should appear in clothes, or how to dress for your (somehow unfortunate) shape come from the mainstream media and non-plus size clothing companies. In one anecdote, Brittingham discusses her former fear of baring her bare legs: “Even in the late 1980s, when I was at my lowest adult weight, I refused to show off my legs. I believed the white fish-belly skin on the back of my calves and thighs made them look huge and swollen. It limited my wardrobe choices and forced me to find creative ways to work around my ‘misfortune.’”

When she finally gives herself permission to wear light wash jeans, Brittingham writes: “It hurts to realize that for years, I tossed aside so many authentic parts of myself and dressed like an old lady instead, just because I was trying to protect other people from my appearance. But the very people I was trying to protect — the most judgmental among us — were the people whose approval I wanted the least, though by wrapping myself up, I was only perpetuating the idea that larger, curvier, lumpier, thicker, softer bodies arent meant to be seen. The more we show a variety of bodies and the more we show ourselves being relaxed with our own “imperfect” bodies, the less taboo and imperfect they will seem to others.”

Brittingham shares a few personal stories of her experiences with not just overt disgust from onlookers due to her appearance, but verbal harassment as well, including an extremely rude woman on the bus who refused to sit next to her. This woman muttered that Brittingham should have to pay for two seats. Brittingham also recounts her famous experiment with a faux book jacket entitled Fat Is Contagious: How Sitting Next to a Fat Person Can Make You Fat and the reactions she received from fellow Subway passengers — everything from laughter, to genuine discomfort, to checking Amazon for the book’s availability.

Read My Hips did make some classic first novel mistakes, however. In addition to the occasional time whiplash between chapters, I found Brittingham’s tone varied sharply between a humorous, candid personal memoir and a self-help book. The self-help style phrases were a bit jarring and brought the story back to the reader and away from Brittingham: “Maybe you miss wearing things that make you feel good. Maybe you’ve never known what it is to dress the part of who you truly are inside… Maybe you want to break out and be free — but you’re scared. I was once too.” Perhaps some readers would appreciate this, but I found it took away from the rest of the intensely personal narrative.

All in all, however, Brittingham’s premiere novel was an engaging, strong argument for fat-positivity with her humorous and honest personal anecdotes.
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Author 14 books75 followers
October 25, 2016
I've had this book on my "to-read" list for awhile but finally decided to actually buy it! I can honestly say the book met all my expectations and more. I loved it! Kim's honesty is much appreciated and how she is so willing to lay her life out for all to see (even the parts that did not directly reference her weight) was comforting. If I could sum up the message of this book in one sentence, it would be this: You're not the only one.

So many of her experiences spoke to me probably because she wrote from several different points in her life. She moved through her childhood, teenage years, early adulthood and even some of the later years. I was with her at every point in her life from the bedroom talks with friends about losing weight to the first time she asked a boy out. She invited me in and it was hard to leave.

Now, I will say the story did not always move in chronological order which made it hard to keep up with sometimes. However, the book is still worthwhile. Kim still has a message to deliver and for every girl out there who was/is "the fat girl" I believe this is a message you want to hear.
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633 reviews
December 28, 2020
I loved "Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large"! As a plus-sized woman as well, self-love is a hard thing to have when most of the world screams that you're ugly or not good enough because you're "overweight". Beauty comes in all sizes and colors, and it really is in the eye of the beholder. Our bodies are different and magical in their differences and it felt wonderful to read about someone who is my age that found her own beauty and comfort in her own body acceptance.
2020 has been a year of reevaluating myself and realizing that I am worthy of so many good things and accepting that I am beautifully and wonderfully made just the way I am, even if I am not everyone's taste. I will radiate my light on the world around me from now on.
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78 reviews2 followers
January 5, 2020
Worthwhile read; I read it all in a single sitting. Really interesting when she got to the part about NBCU and NeverSayDiet.
I found this book both relatable and then again not at all. I think I was expecting something different, but I am not at all displeased with what this book turned out to be.
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697 reviews
February 25, 2017
Sat down in the library and read this in one go. Since it's non-linear I still feel like some pieces are missing that I would have liked or most context given to some things but overall an awesome read! so much positivity and love
71 reviews
July 11, 2018
p. 66 (Are you) putting off life until thinness?
p.86 I make better food choices because I've come to value my experience of life more than how I appear in this life, or what size my body is at any given point.
p. 105 Strutting. Who knew? It's psychological shape wear.
p.123 Why indulge in the preposterous idea that I am unloveable because my stomach, my arms, my ass, my thighs, are not what a shallow money-driven media tells me they should be?
p. 131 (Don't be) completely appearance focused. Success is not defined by how my body looks.
Like so many other trainers, I don't think he believed physical fitness could be achieved until a body not only looked a certain way but also weighed a certain weight.
p. 140 It mattered more how I felt, than how someone else felt about me.
p. 147 Why always"not yet'? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"? Norman Douglas
p. 162 I remain dismayed that as a young girl I sought so much validation from adolescent boys; that I allowed my self worth to be measured by the attention they gave me.
p. 163 U I think most of us long for romantic and sexual interaction, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. It's human nature to want love and be loved. I just feel sad that so many girls and women, fat or thin, look to their individual appeal as sexual beings for a sense of happiness, importance and completeness. We're already complete and important.
p. 214 There were times in my past when I lived with a constant concern about the conclusions other people were coming to, and the judgements they were making about my appearance. In my preoccupation, I missed so much.
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335 reviews12 followers
November 27, 2011
Kim has a very lyrical way of writing.
I less read than inhaled this book. It was like sneaking into my sister's room and reading her journal. In two breathless sittings I was ecstatic to discover another member of my growing tribe of perky, creative, gorgeous, sassy Amazon women who were embodying what I had intuited for years.
It's tempting to pour out my heart after reading this book, but this is a review, not my personal diary. Trust me, if given the opportunity, however, I would give you an ear (eye?) full! The book is written about the experiences that came together to make Kim who she is and what she cares/writes about. She is effectively a Civil Rights Activist helping us chubbettes walk a little taller, knowing we are not alone.
That lyricism I mentioned at the beginning? It is the path that meanders through stories that all fat girls and women survive. It helps make the inevitable wash of emotion less immediate... it's as if the quality of the writing tokes the melodrama OUT of one's own experience and in stead makes one feel part of something bigger and more interesting than may have before been thought.
It is a fast read, so the value is exquisite. You can't afford not not read it if you are a big person... or if you are afraid of being a big person.
Every library should have a copy, to counteract the hundreds of diet book they are forced to cycle through every few years. Self-Esteem never really goes out of style unlike the latest weight-loss panacea.
See you around, ladies. Hopefully at the Beach!
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Author 2 books72 followers
May 29, 2012
Brittingham's humorous storytelling about her lifetime of navigating a body-obsessed world in a body that doesn't fit the ideal is both entertaining and challenging. Some of the treatment she endured at the hands of "normal" people is beyond rude, and the kinds of things people felt free to say to and about her are appalling. But Brittingham shares it all in the service of recounting her own journey to self acceptance. In the process she points a glaring spotlight on the casual cruelty we serve up to other human beings on a daily basis. I like a good memoir, and this was a fast read. It's really a hybrid between memoir and self-help; a sort of "do as I do and not as the rest of the world does" anthem to self-acceptance and compassion. And that's not a bad thing. Read my Hips provoked and enlightened and told a fundamentally human story. http://scribbleandhum.blogspot.com/
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34 reviews1 follower
August 17, 2012
This book was good-- I liked her confidence and zest for life.
I thought her understanding of how and why she overate was perceptive and valid. I ached for the child she was and the fear and anxiety she faced....I understood. I was shocked at how rude some people were....other than when I was a child and teenager I have never faced ridicule for my weight--- I think I would snap and end up with an assualt charge... I can't believe how rude some people were.I liked how she decided to eat to be healthy and not care about what others thought of her body.....I would like to say that one day I aspire to do the same....but really I am still searching for that perfect diet....or perhaps the wilpower to stop self medicating with food.....oh well....I guess body acceptance is not for everyone...lol
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519 reviews8 followers
August 27, 2011
Woah. I loved this book, and will have to get myself a copy. Reading the essays inspired me to take their messages truly to heart and implement some of that audacious self-love into my life, and to question some of my own ingrained reactions. I enjoyed Brittingham's writing style as well, her poetic descriptions and intellectual, exploratory arguments kept the reading fresh and compelling. Seriously, I'm going to have to get myself a copy and will probably end up almost memorizing some of her words. I'm so glad I read PastaQueen's archives, and so glad that I'm at a point in my life where I can read this book and apply it to my own life. ...I've also got my little sister reading it, and she's enjoying it as well!
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1,489 reviews29 followers
September 5, 2011
I've now read several books in this genre "fat girl bloggers who get book deals" and I think this is one of the better ones. Personally, I don't like the format of a bunch of blog entries assembled into a book, because it seems to ramble and lack the cohesion of a memoir that is more linear, or a self-help book that is more focused on progressively making a particular point.

But Brittingham is a good writer with important things to say, and it's a quick yet meaningful read that you won't regret. Even if your experiences haven't been quite like the author's, if you've ever been different from the norm (especially when it comes to weight) you will relate to them.
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225 reviews19 followers
December 31, 2012
This book came during a critical time in my life. I was feeling particularly negative and after reading this I was reminded of what rubbish the "beauty" industry is all about. I found great solace in Ms. Brittingham, how she handled society's oppression, of her relationship with her grandmother (which moved me the most as I read this during the birthday of my deceased grandmother), and how she turned a "weakness" into a strength. I'm thrilled that there is such a book available for girls, women or anyone suffering from body image anxieties.
60 reviews2 followers
February 7, 2013
Read my hips was so relatable (for me, at least) and though Kim's journey did not convince me to stop dieting myself, her self-acceptance was impressive, and some of the comments astonishing! Kim's perspective is the black sheep in this millenium, and certainly not one you would find anywhere else. She does not shy from more derogatory words for those who are plus sized (like fat) and revels in her size.
I would highly recommend this.
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2,245 reviews128 followers
August 23, 2011
Reading this put a smile on my face because some of the stories Kim told in here were like I was living it myself. Probably cause I had witnessed similar in my own family and life. I am very happy that she has found happiness with her body the way that it is and is content that she doesn't need to change. maybe I'll feel the same way one day.
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439 reviews28 followers
October 10, 2011
Thanks Kim! You've done a good thing here...this helped me to stop constantly comparing my body to those of my friends (and strangers even). We all have different bodies but all bodies require food. And if that food is delicious so much the better. Life is too short to worry about what cruel people spew out daily. Live, laugh, love. That's what's most important.
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