
Happy Fat
Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You
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Sofie Hagen
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Sofie Hagen
About this listen
‘I am a fat person and I love my body. I feel lucky to be able to say that – it has taken a lot of work and a lot of time. I want to tell you what I have learned and how I got here.’
In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are rife.
From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers – drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way.
Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned look at how taking up space in a culture that is desperate to reduce you can be radical, emboldening and life-changing.
©2018 Sofie Hagen (P)2018 HarperCollins PublishersCritic reviews
"Perfect, kind, hilarious and persuasive." (Lena Dunham)
"You need this book. Your mum needs this book. Your best friend needs this book. Everyone needs a dose of Happy Fat!" (Julie Murphy)
"As an old-school stand-up of the self-deprecating variety, I found Sofie’s book fascinating and it’s introduced to me a whole new school of thought." (Jo Brand)
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-05-20
So good and so real and important book
This book is so important and informative and really funny and real! Just give yourself the good experience off listening to this book and get educated about fat activism and fat liberation history between crying of both laughter and horror and the genius way this book is written!!
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- Ingrid Louise Vold
- 05-18-19
Great!
I loved the book; the world needs more of this. And, listening to Sofie is a delight. I will recommend it to all of my friends :)
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- Jessica Armstrong
- 06-26-19
Favourite!!
Happy Fat is the best book I've listened to in 2019 - maybe even for most of 2018, too!
I loved this - it was firm but kind, funny and sometimes sad.
While I haven't read-read the book, I think the audible version is probably better because we get Sofie's commentary on little bits and pieces which really added to the experience for me.
Thank you, Sofie Hagen! This is a wonderful book.
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- Larna
- 05-16-20
very much enjoyed
thought provoking, uncomfortable and enjoyable. big Sofie Hagen fan, obvs reccomend the Audible version for her accent
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