Happy Fat Buchzusammenfassung - das Wichtigste aus Happy Fat

Einleitung anhören

00:00

Zusammenfassung von Happy Fat

Name: Happy Fat
Rating: 4.1 (42 reviews)
Author: Sofie Hagen

Sofie Hagen

Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You

4.1 (42 Bewertungen)

22 Min.

Themen

Women's Stories Weight Loss

Inhaltsübersicht

Happy Fat
in 8 Kernaussagen verstehen

Audio & Text in der Blinkist App

Kernaussage 1 von 8

What’s in it for me? Challenge your internalized fatphobia.

Have you ever used a euphemism to describe a fat person? Maybe saying that your friend is “well-padded” or has a “full figure?” People use these kinds of euphemisms because they’re terrified of using the word “fat.” But here’s the thing: some people are fat. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

This can be hard to believe because we’ve been told for so long that being fat is terrible. Stand-up comics make jokes about how they wouldn’t want to have sex with a fat person because they’re so unattractive. TV shows rarely feature fat people, and if they do they’re usually portrayed as comical losers. The diet industry preaches that being fat is unhealthy and will lead to a speedy death.

All of these negative opinions on fatness can be described as fatphobia. Refusing to describe someone as fat (when in fact they are) is actually playing into this phobia – you’re implicitly saying that being fat is so awful that we can’t even talk about it.

In these blinks, you’ll learn that it’s not only OK to talk about being fat – if we’re to challenge our own prejudices and combat the systematic discrimination experienced by fat people, it’s essential.

In these blinks, you’ll discover

how Sofie Hagen learned to love her body and throw away her scales;
why diets don’t work (but people carry on doing them anyway); and
why it can be helpful to watch feminist porn.

From the time she was young, Sofie was taught that food was bad and her body was wrong.

Sofie Hagen’s relationship to food became complicated when she was just five years old. A nurse told her mother that she was overweight and would have to go on a diet because it was “dangerous” to her health.

The nurse had done no medical tests, but she was so persuasive that Sofie’s mother immediately started trying to find ways to help her daughter lose weight. Sofie was introduced to a regime of dieting and portion control. But all this did was make her even more fixated on food and determined to find new ways to get it. It also gave her the message from very early on that there was something wrong with her body. This was extremely painful, and she started to eat more as a way of numbing the pain.

As a teenager, Sofie’s attempts to lose weight only intensified. She tried countless new diets, consumed only diet shakes, and did every form of exercise she could think of – from swimming to pilates to karate. She would periodically lose weight but always put it on again when she could no longer comply with the unrealistic demands of whatever diet she was on.

This made her hate herself and her body even more intensely. She saw herself as a weak person without any willpower. She dissociated from her body and resorted to bulimia in an effort to lose weight.

The outside world only reinforced her negative beliefs. Her mother was complicit in trying to force her to diet, giving her the message that her body needed to be changed. Her PE teacher would humiliate her in class, taunting her and forcing her to shower naked in front of her classmates.

Sofie became so convinced that she was unattractive that even when boyfriends tried to tell her that they liked her body, she was unable to believe them.

She dreamed of the “thin Sofie” who lived inside her, who would come out one day when she lost enough weight. Thin Sofie would be attractive and happy and successful. Thin Sofie would be fit and graceful and wear beautiful clothes.

The desire to be thin took up much of Sofie’s childhood and all of her teens. But that was all about to change.

Sofie’s whole world changed when she realized she was allowed to love her body.

Since childhood, Sofie had been taught that there was something wrong with her body and that she should hate it. When she became a stand-up comedian, she even transformed her self-loathing into a set – telling jokes about how fat and lazy she was and making everybody laugh.

She thought that one day, when she lost weight, she would be able to love her body. It never occurred to her that she could be fat and have healthy self-esteem.

Sofie began to see how prevalent fatphobia is in the media, pop culture, and the beauty industry.

Try to think of a movie or TV show that features a fat character. Now reflect on how that character is portrayed. Chances are they’re not shown as smart, successful, or happy.

When Sofie woke up to the fact that she had been brainwashed into hating her body, she started noticing how fat people were depicted in the world around her. She realized that her negative view of being fat was not at all surprising – she had learned it through almost everything she’d seen.

Dieting doesn’t work…except to enrich the weight-loss industry.

We’ve all seen shows like The Biggest Loser, which spread the idea that fat people could lose all their weight and become “winners” if they just dieted and exercised strictly enough.

Sofie grew up with these TV programs, as well as ads claiming that pills and potions were a surefire way to shed pounds. She devoured weight-loss books and joined weight-loss support groups. And over time, she did lose a lot of weight. But she also gained it all back.

It’s a myth that being fat means you’re unhealthy.

“How can Sofie say that it’s OK to love her body just the way it is when it’s so unhealthy to be fat?”

This seemingly innocent question is used as justification for continued discrimination against Sofie and other fat people. The logic? People can’t possibly be expected to embrace something that will eventually kill them.

Fat people face levels of discrimination and hostility that are detrimental to their mental and physical health.

Imagine you’re sitting in a restaurant, enjoying a cup of coffee and some scrambled eggs. Suddenly, you realize that a group of people are staring at you and meanly snickering. Or you’re walking along the street and someone screams that you’re ugly and disgusting. Imagine these things happening every day, multiple times a day, wherever you are.

Fat people’s lives are a minefield of daily discriminations – from the doctor’s office to a dating site, from the school playground to the beach. Fat individuals find it harder to get jobs and are paid less. In most US states, it’s even legal to fire someone for being fat.

There are concrete steps you can take to tackle fatphobia in the world around you.

Discrimination against fat people is a huge problem. You might even call it an epidemic. Most of us don’t want to be bullies or endanger people’s health, but how do we stop judging when we’ve grown up as part of a fatphobic world? And how can we actively support fat people in the face of violence and hostility?

The first step is to become aware that if you’re thin you’ve been endowed with an abundance of privileges: You won’t be deemed lazy or unattractive based on what your body looks like. You won’t have to worry about whether you can fit into the chair at a movie. Essentially, the world caters to you.

You can learn to love and celebrate your body in our fatphobic world.

Sofie’s life changed when she realized, at age 23, that she could love her body just as it was. This freedom allowed her to live in the present and released her from years of torturous self-loathing and abuse.

But accepting this is easier said than done when you live in a world that persists in telling you that the way you look is unhealthy, unattractive, and disgusting. You have to go against every piece of advertising, every movie representation, every dating profile reading “no fats.” How do you ignore these external voices and cultivate your internal sense of self-worth?

Du möchtest die gesamte Zusammenfassung von Happy Fat sehen?

Kernaussagen in Happy Fat

Mehr Wissen in weniger Zeit

Sachbücher auf den Punkt gebracht

Kernaussagen aus Sachbüchern in ca. 15 Minuten pro Titel lesen & anhören mit den „Blinks”

Zeitsparende Empfehlungen

Titel, die dein Leben bereichern, passend zu deinen Interessen und Zielen

Podcasts in Kurzform ^Neu

Kernaussagen wichtiger Podcasts im Kurzformat mit den neuen „Shortcasts”

Worum geht es in Happy Fat?

In Happy Fat (2019) Sofie Hagen reveals how painful it is to grow up fat in a society filled with prejudice and discrimination. She dispels entrenched myths about fatness, arguing that the correlation between being fat and being unhealthy has been misrepresented and that fatphobia – rather than fatness – is the dangerous social epidemic that we as a society need to challenge.

Wer Happy Fat lesen sollte

Comedy lovers who want to learn more about the life of a funny, fresh voice
Fat activists looking for resources on how to deal with fatphobia
People curious about the commercial interests that fuel the weight-loss industry

Über den Autor

Sofie Hagen is a celebrated comedian, fat activist, writer, and podcaster. She won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015 and has since sold out venues across the UK and Europe. She has also appeared on the BBC, ITV, and Comedy Central. She presented a documentary on fatness for Danish TV channel DR2 and is currently recording a special called How To Love Your Fat for BBC Radio Four.

Kategorien mit Happy Fat

Society & Culture Biography & Memoir

Ähnlich wie Happy Fat

The Beauty Myth

Naomi Wolf

How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

A Memoir of (My) Body

12 min

4.3

The Body Is Not an Apology

Sonya Renee Taylor

The Power of Radical Self-Love

A Critique of Political Economy

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

One of the most important philosophical texts ever written

How to Boost Your Sex IQ and Own Your Pleasure

Transform Your Health From the Inside Out – and Never Say Diet Again

23 min

4.3

When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

Brianna Wiest

Inspiration to Begin Your Journey of True Transformation

What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know

Your Seven Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation

Timeless Stoic and Buddhist philosophy

How Exercise helps us find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage

22 min

4.7

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

Understand racism and white privilege

25 min

4.2

How to Measure Anything

Douglas W. Hubbard

Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business

16 min

4.1

Merchants of Doubt

Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway

How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues From Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

18 min

3.8

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating

Allen Carr

Set Yourself Free from Binge-Eating and Comfort-Eating

Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

What You're Missing and Why It Matters

Why It's Not Always Rational to Be Rational

18 min

4.3

Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari and Erik Klinenberg

Texting, sexting and more: How Aziz Ansari sees love in the 21st century

Create a Life You Really Love with Less Stress and More Flow

The Small Changes That Change Everything

101 Simple Truths for a Better Life

How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World

One Boy’s Desire for Reinvention to Climb the Social Ladder

22 min

4.5

The Laws of Human Nature

Robert Greene

What affects your day-to-day life

How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die

20 min

4.4

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

Future proof yourself against the 21st Century

And Other Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable

16 min

4.5

The 12-week Fitness Project

Rujuta Diwekar

Going Beyond Weight Loss for Better Sleep, Energy, and Bloating

16 min

4.2

Feel Great, Lose Weight

Rangan Chatterjee

Long term, simple habits for lasting and sustainable weight loss

The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8 A.M.)

The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos

A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

16 min

3.2

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century

Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein

Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

Your Personal Guide to the Mastery of Magic Words

The Tactics, Routines and Habits of Billionaires, Icons and World-Class Performers

16 min

3.8

How to Be an Adult in Relationships

David Richo

The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

26 min

4.5

The Five Core Conversations for Couples

David Bulitt and Julie Bulitt

Expert Advice about How to Develop: Effective Communication, a Long-Term Financial Plan, Cooperative Parenting Strategies, Mutually Satisfying Sex, and Work-Life Balance

15 min

4.3

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Why Feminism is the key to a better world

How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

20 min

4.5

The Mind-Gut Connection

Emeran Mayer

How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health

15 min

4.5

The Mythical Man-Month

Frederick P. Brooks

Essays on Software Engineering

Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety

A Tale of Morality, Betrayal and The Dark Secrets of Puritanism

13 min

Ultra-Processed People

Chris van Tulleken

The Science Behind the Food That Isn't Food

7 min

2.9

How Not to Die

Michael Greger and Gene Stone

Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

Healing the Shame-Fueled Relationship Between What You Eat and How You Feel

18 min

4.6

❤️ für Blinkist️️️

Ines S.

Ich bin begeistert. Ich liebe Bücher aber durch zwei kleine Kinder komme ich einfach nicht zum Lesen. Und ja, viele Bücher haben viel bla bla und die Quintessenz ist eigentlich ein Bruchteil.

Genau dafür ist Blinkist total genial! Es wird auf das Wesentliche reduziert, die Blinks sind gut verständlich, gut zusammengefasst und auch hörbar! Das ist super. 80 Euro für ein ganzes Jahr klingt viel, aber dafür unbegrenzt Zugriff auf 3000 Bücher. Und dieses Wissen und die Zeitersparnis ist unbezahlbar.

Ekaterina S.

Extrem empfehlenswert. Statt sinnlos im Facebook zu scrollen höre ich jetzt täglich zwischen 3-4 "Bücher". Bei manchen wird schnelle klar, dass der Kauf unnötig ist, da schon das wichtigste zusammen gefasst wurde..bei anderen macht es Lust doch das Buch selbständig zu lesen. Wirklich toll

Nils S.

Einer der besten, bequemsten und sinnvollsten Apps die auf ein Handy gehören. Jeden morgen 15-20 Minuten für die eigene Weiterbildung/Entwicklung oder Wissen.

Julia P.

Viele tolle Bücher, auf deren Kernaussagen reduziert- präzise und ansprechend zusammengefasst. Endlich habe ich das Gefühl, Zeit für Bücher zu finden, für die ich sonst keine Zeit habe.