02361cam a2200385 i 4500 610227382 TxGeo 20221121120000.0 221114s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063076365 hbk. 0063076365 hbk. (OCoLC)1303052361 TxGeo rda Dionne, Evette, author. Weightless : making space for my resilient body and soul / Evette Dionne. First edition. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] xxi, 245 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to a diagnosis of heart failure at age twenty- nine, Dionne tracks her relationship with friends, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture, and self-image. Along the way, she lifts the curtain to reveal the subtle, insidious forms of surveillance and control levied at fat women: At the doctor's office, where any health ailment is treated with a directive to lose weight. On dating sites, where larger bodies are either rejected or fetishized. On TV, where fat characters are asexual comedic relief. But Dionne's unflinching account of our deeply held prejudices is matched by her fierce belief in the power of self-love. An unmissable portrait of a woman on a journey toward understanding our society and herself, Weightless holds up a mirror to the world we live in and asks us to imagine the future we deserve."-- Jacket flap 20221212. Dionne, Evette. African American women Biography. Overweight women Biography. Discrimination against overweight women. Racism United States. Self-esteem in women. Self-realization in women. Sexism United States. Women, Black Biography. Autobiographies. QS5