Book Quote by Jo Brand

Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.

— Susie Orbach

“The proof that the One Stone Solution is political lies in what women feel when they eat 'too much': guilt. Why should guilt be…

— Naomi Wolf

When I started to internalize fat positivity and believe it, my response was the same one I had when I started to understand the…

— Lindy West

“When women tell me that Skinny Bitch made them go vegan, my appreciation of the book's purpose is tainted by a sadness that their…

— Kim Socha

I had been a feminist all my life, but the big problem was how to make your feminism jibe with you unappeasable hunger for…

— Erica Jong

Susan Bordo’s Unbearable Weight is a masterpiece of complex an nuanced thinking not only about a significant problem that faces women but about our…

— Susan Griffin

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

— Fay Weldon

Every time I speak out about anything feminist I will be shot down by people calling me fat, calling me stupid. And it's all…

— Jess Phillips

Third World feminism is about feeding people in all their hungers.

— Cherrie Moraga

“I write books that I want to read. I write books that feature curvy heroines because I'm a curvy woman myself and it gets…

— Seraphina Donavan

Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning.

— James McBride

“This chapter is about the dieter's philosophy of food, and it will repeat a lot of things you've heard before. However, you've heard them…

— Martin Cizmar