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Original trade paperback ISBN 9781597190633 160 pp $18.95 | Adobe PDF, EPUB & Mobipocket Ebook ISBN 9781597190640 $5.99 | About the Author | Book Group Study Guide PDF | Author's website | Library Request Form (PDF) Click on a link to buy Talking Fat from Buy Talking Fat from your favorite retailer: Listen to and/or download a 50-min Conversation with Lonie McMichael, Ph.D. Fat is bad, right? Well, no, being fat in and of itself is not bad. However, for the last decade we have been so inundated with negative messages about fat that it is revolutionary to think otherwise. These messages, this rhetoric, though not succeeding in making our society thinner or healthier, have been a resounding success in making us believe that fat is a Very Bad Thing and that fat people are Very Bad People. The rhetoric of the "war on obesity" has only succeeded in increasing prejudice and decreasing health in the very people targeted for "help" while increasing profits for those perpetuating such rhetoric. In this book, Dr. McMichael examines the rhetorical success of the current "obesity" propaganda while considering its absolute failure to make people thinner or to make a difference in the health of the American people. Considering empirical studies and statistics as well as the actual experience of fat people, McMichael asserts that the "obesity epidemic" is about many things—prejudice, profit, control, etc., but it is not about health. Arguing that our current paradigm is only hurting our society and the individuals within it, McMichael calls for a change in policy and perspective on fat in American society.
PRAISE for Talking Fat "Prejudice based on weight can act like a Gordian knot: loosen one part of the mess
and other strands of belief pull tighter. Lonie McMichael's brilliant analysis cuts through the
conundrum. This book's big-picture view of weight-centrism as both a rhetorical success and a
real-world failure will be endlessly useful to me as a fat activist and a person who wants to live
healthily and happily in my very own body."
"McMichael provides a thorough and compelling expose of the prejudice that underlies obesity rhetoric and a compassionate, tenable solution. This book may make you angry, but it will also give you hope." Linda Bacon, Ph.D.
"Words are the building blocks of our lives. The war on fat people that has been waged
for Pattie Thomas, Ph.D.
"Dr. McMichael does a wonderful job of explaining the difference between the way fat
is talked about and the reality of fat's effect on health. This is a must read for fat folks,
health practitioners and anyone concerned with fair and equal treatment for all people.
"...McMichael's original contribution to the field, her rhetorical
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