No Fat Chicks: How Big Business Profits Making Women Hate Their Bodies-How to Fight Back

By Terry Poulton

"Never in the history of the whole hapless world," Terry Poulton writes, "has there been a hoax as lucrative as the billion-dollar brainwash. It is the closest thing to alchemy ever discovered--with a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559724234
• ISBN13: 9781559724234
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Birch Lane Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

top notch read

this is a wonderful book for anyone and everyone who struggles with body image problems, doubts, etc. Ms. Poulton gives a compelling argument for "it's all about the money" assessment that she makes. I ended up feeling very angry at the medical community, fashion/movie/glamour industries, etc for selling the idea that "thin is in". my motto now is "fat's where it's at" and I applaud her efforts at encouraging people to look at the way that society has been manipulated into hating themselves so that corporations can get FAT on our money and self-hate.

A great place to start

Terry Poulton is nothing if not passionate about what it means to be a "Fat Chick" today. Her writing style is sometimes cumbersome and awkward (she sometimes tells you what she is going to say, says it, then tells you what she said) but her subject matter is so compelling and so well researched you won't mind too much. The book is worthwhile for its bibliography alone, a "further reading" list of excellent books that will keep you happily engaged for a long time!

An excellent writer with a mixed message

I must commend the author for her excellent writing. What a joy it is to read something by someone who knows how to write. The message however seemed mixed and somewhat confused. I was not at all sure just what the author was saying (or trying to say?). It seems impossible to me that after a lifetime of yo-yo eating one could find what the author describes as one's 'normal appetite'. I agreed with much of her statements, but in the end, I felt her general concluding remarks did not really make sense. Just what is the author looking for? To be thin? To be thin enough? To diet? Not to diet? For many people, to stay thin (or thin enough for them) a 'normal appetite' is a diet. Unfortunate....but true. I still loved the book. It was a great read by a very good writer.

The obsession with thinness robs women of their true selves.

Poulton's book is an eye-opening look at how the beauty & fashion industries get us to keep spending money on thinness by positing an ideal of beauty that is absolutely impossible for 99% of women to achieve. Then we (I) waste time, money, and huge amounts of energy chasing after it and feeling bad about my "failure" to get there. This book offers solace--and empowering analysis--to people of whatever size who've wasted any part of their life feeling not good enough, and encouragement toward reclaiming our sense of where our real beauty, and our power, comes from.

All Women: Wake-up and take charge of your lives!

Ms. Poulton takes us on a journey of discovery and her findings are not pretty. What we have long suspected is true: our religious preoccupation with our weight is robbing us of our zest for living. Women and men should take the time to read this book. No Fat Chicks just might be the impetus women need to stop hating our bodies and start applying pressure to the forces against us. This book provides a long overdue wake up call to anyone who believes women should be solely valued for their beauty and their waist size