The information on fat politics and body acceptance found in this book might strike a nerve with some who would like to read more. Here are some books I’d recommend, but this is not an inclusive list by any means:
MENTIONED IN Slashing Mona Lisa:
Poulton, Terry. No Fat Chicks: How Big Business Profits Making Women Hate Their Bodies-How to Fight Back. Birch Lane Press, 1997.
Solovay, Sondra. Tipping the Scales of Justice: Fighting Weight-Based Discrimination. Prometheus Books, 2011.
OTHERS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY AUTHOR’S NAME:
Bacon, Linda. Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight. BenBella Books, 2010.
Chastain, Ragen. The Politics of Size (2 Volumes): Perspectives from the Fat Acceptance Movement, Praeger, 2014.
Cooper, Charlotte. Fat and Proud: The Politics of Size. Woman’s Press, 1999.
Couret, Rene. Fat or Fad: The Struggle to Choose Between Fat Acceptance and Weight Loss, 2015.
Farrell, Amy. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture. NYU Press, 2011.
Greenhalgh, Susan. Fat-Talk Nation: The Human Costs of America’s War on Fat. Cornell University Press, 2015.
Harding, Kate and Kirby, Marianne. Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body. TarcherPerigree, 2009.
Kulick, Don and Meneley, Ann. Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession. Tarcher, 2005.
Orbach, Susie. Fat is a Feminist Issue. Random House. Berkley, 1987, newest edition: Random House, 2016.
Rothblum, Esther and Solovay, Sondra. The Fat Studies Reader. NYU Press, 2009.
Wann, Marilyn. Fat! So? Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for Your Size. Ten Speed Press, 1998.