Fat Is a Feminist Issue

"I would highly rec'd this book to both those in the helping professions working with people with eating disorders and also those suffering with one. I have found it invaluable as a Psychotherapist but more importantly in my recovery from bulimia. I reread it almost every year."
~ Written on 2005-03-24

"I first read this book about two years ago whilst pregnant with my first baby and it absolutely blew me away with its honesty and clarity. I have struggled with eating, body image and food since early adolesence, but since reading this and working hard to apply its principles to my life I am the lightest I have ever been, I am relaxed about food and eating and despite having a post-baby body I think I look marvellous!

I would thoroughly recommend it for any woman who has problems with their eating: I would not have believed the almost magical effect it would have on me."
~ Written on 2004-09-14

"I enjoyed reading this. I was intrigued by the idea of losing weight without dieting, and liked the arguments about the role of society, and mothers in particular, in shaping women's weight issues. In terms of practical advice, I found it a little lacking, hence why I gave it 4 rather than 5 - but I would advise any woman who has battled with her body to read this, and maybe re-think the reasons behind the overeating.

Susie Orbach writes concisely and passionately about her subject, and while she lacks the biting wit of Germaine Greer, you could do a lot worse for feminist reading material."
~ Written on 2004-03-03

"This book really changed my attitude when I first read it about 2 years ago. I had never stumbled across something that spoke to me so profoundly about what I had been thinking and feeling. I am not sure that it helped me in the long term, as I still feel that I have issues to resolve about food. But it is an insightful, well written and helpful book to anyone that wonders why they reach for food in times of trouble or for comfort. It helps demystify the 'power' of food, it encourages you to revoke diets. This is helpful to a point, but if you still need or want to lose weight, the liberal attitude to food is not that helpful in the early stages. Also, I believe that Suzie Orbach recently criticised the Weightwatchers plan, which I think is one of the most educating and useful weightloss plans around. At least it helps re-educate people about the best things to eat. I am not sure that this can be critised because many people do actually need help to know what to eat. Because of the range of food available to us, and the way that some people have been eating for years, they need information to help them. But, with regard to the actual book by S.O. - I would definitely recommend - knowledge is power and this helps you take a new look at the power that you invest in 'that piece of cake'."
~ Written on 2003-05-08

"The insights offered in this book still relate very pertinently to today. The exercises give some devastating insights into how you perceive food, and how that relates to your self-image. This book stands head and shoulders above some of the later books in terms of its simplicity. It is needed now more than ever with the "liberation" of women, which has led more and more to a distorted media image of women's bodies."
~ Written on 2001-03-03