Killer Fat by Natalie Boero with Kimberly Dark

Fat Girl Book Club

Another first on the podcast! A few months ago, I had Natalie Boero on the show to talk about Kimberly Dark's book Fat, Pretty and Soon to Be Old. This week I have such a treat! Kimberly Dark is came on the show to talk about Natalie Boero's book Killer Fat! I had such a ball and honestly the two episodes really compliment one another. Some of the things we chatted about include:

• Kimberly's journey
• "I live in the circus sideshow of sociology"
• Moving from fat/fit to fat/disabled
• Why Killer Fat is a sociological perspective
• Why the macro and micro levels are different perspectives but are linked to create a whole narrative
• The relevance of Boero's chosen reports
• How to get media traction and create an epidemic
• How to blame individuals for systemic issues
• Kimberly's experience with Weight Watchers and Overeaters Anonymous
• What does it mean to be eating too much?
• Kimberly's experience with bypass surgery
• How bypass surgery communities push gender roles

Keep reading everyone!

Kimberly's Links

Website

Book resources for book clubs

Kimberly's calendar

Youtube

Fat Girl Book Club and Episode Links

Your Better Body Image Checklist

Official FB Group for the Podcast

Fat Girl Book Club Patreon

Roxane Gay's discussion of her surgery

Book Recommendations

Personal Accounts:

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

Fat, Pretty and Soon To Be Old by Kimberly Dark

Damaged Like Me by Kimberly Dark

Social Analysis/ History of Social Construction of Fatness:

Fat Shame by Amy Erdman Farrell

Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings