
Screw Inner Beauty
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- Intro
- Title page
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE: HEALTH
- 1. Accept that diets don't work
- 2. Practice health at every size, including yours
- 3. Find a form of exercise you love
- 4. Practice intuitive eating
- PART TWO: MENTAL HEALTH
- 5. If you think you might be suffering from depression, get help
- 6. Find body-positive doctors and go to them
- Fat Hatred Kills," by Barbara Benesch-Granberg
- 7. Don't obsess if you miss a day at the gym
- 8. Don't weigh yourself
- PART THREE: SOCIALIZING
- 9. Find a good partner
- 10. Stop judging other women
- Fatness and Uplift: Not an Essay About Push-Up Bras," by Julia Starkey
- 11. Get a hobby that has nothing to do with your weight (and do it with other people)
- 12. Don't believe that only sick freaks would want to date fat women
- PART FOUR: AVOIDING NEGATIVITY
- 13. Don't hang around with people who say negative things about your body
- 14. Don't hang around with people who say negative things about their own bodies
- 15. Don't participate in diet talk
- 16. Seek out images of happy, healthy, hot, fat women
- PART FIVE: GETTING DRESSED
- 17. Make friends with a tailor/learn to sew
- 'I Can't Drive in This Jacket!': And Other Reasons to Blame the Fit Model," by Joy Nash
- 18. Buy fabulous clothes and wear them
- Thrift Tips for Fatties," by Cynara Geissler
- 19. Don't shop at stores that don't carry your size (even if you are with thin friends) and tell them you're not shopping there
- 20. Don't keep clothes that don't fit
- Depression Pants: On Buying Things Too Small as a Motivational Tactic," by Lesley Kinzel
- PART SIX: THE MEDIA
- 21. Train yourself to read media reports on fat and dieting with a critical eye
- 22. Read up on fat acceptance and the science of fat
- 23. Quit watching so much TV
- PART SEVEN: GETTING YOUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT
- 24. Get over yourself! They really, really aren't looking at you!
- The Wages of Visibility," by Lesley Kinzel
- 25. Defend your own honor as vigorously as you would a friend's.
- 26. Accept that some days will be better than others
- 27. Don't put things off until you're thin!
- Conclusion: Don't diet anyway. They still don't work.
- Kate's acknowledgements
- Marianne's acknowledgements
- APPENDIX: BODY-POSITIVE RESOURCES ONLINE
- ENDNOTES
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
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