Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307464385 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kim Brittingham struggled for years with her weight and body image before she learned how to love her self unconditionally, find her confidence, and fully enjoy her life. In this unflinching, humorous, and uplifting memoir, she openly explores her complex relationships with food and dieting, sex and dating, and exercise and health, ultimately inspiring every woman to live life to the absolute fullest, no matter what your jean size.
She received widespread national attention, including appearances on the Today Show and NPR, when she created a mock self-help book jacket with the title, Fat is Contagious: How Sitting Next to a Fat Person Can Make YOU Fat, wrapped it around a real book, and pretended to read it while riding the buses of New York City as an informal social experiment. She divides her time between New York City and Ocean Grove, New Jersey.KimWrites . Kim Brittingham
Programs for Girls “In Read My Hips, Kim entertainingly advocates a revolutionary way of being: accepting our here-and-now bodies as we are and with love. With wit, sensuality and realistic logic, she shares her journey through time and transformation, baring her attitudes and discovering antidotes for our society’s limited and limiting way of seeing our bodies. Kim’s sensuous love of the world and all its prickly details makes for a delightful and moving read.” —Debora Iyall. "Brittingham's memoir has a unique voice. She speaks from the front lines ofstanding up (or sitting on the bus) for women of all sizes who are tired of body image busybodies. Brittingham explores and exposes the ways women are taught to hide our bodies, then boldly and humorously does the opposite. Her words paint a
Intelligent Writer--Hating our bodies thin doesn't work Liz I really related to the author, Kim. She's an intelligent writer who makes a good case for the fat acceptance movement, which I have not, before reading this book, bought into or agreed with wholeheartedly. I think this book sends a positive message to women of all sizes. Hating our bodies "thin" doesn't work. Her writing made me laugh, made me cry, and made me angry at the people who think that is okay to verbally abuse people who don't fit their standard of beauty.Even though I'm not of the mindset that it's impossible to . Fat: The other f-bomb As women, many of us have had the experience Kim did when she was young and thought she was so fat, only to see the photo years later and realize she looked just fine. Our society makes it tough to be satisfied with our appearance, even at our youngest and fittest.As a mom, I really get on my kids' case about throwing around the "other" f-word. I have 3 sons, and I remind them to never, never comment on a woman's size. We all know what size we are without anyone pointing it out, as people so shockingly and rudely did in Kim'. "Inspiring and Moving, a Different and Unique Perspective" according to Po. READ MY HIPS is a collection of memoir essays by Kim Brittingham that focus on issues of self-image, weight, happiness, self-esteem, and dieting. Rather than your run of the mill 'how I lost weight' or 'how I learned to love myself' stories, Kim is honest with herself and therefore with her reader. Her message is so important to anyone at any weight or any level of body consciousness. Be happy, love yourself, and live your life TODAY. Losing weight or being a particular size is no magic pill to self-esteem and self-respect.