More of You, Amanda Martinez Beck
More of You, Amanda Martinez Beck
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More of You
The Fat Girl's Field Guide to the Modern World

Author: Amanda Martinez Beck

Narrator: Lisa Larsen

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/23/2022

Synopsis

Too often, fatness has been viewed as a moral failing. Fat Christian women in particular are shamed and marginalized by the message that they are failing God because they can't change their bodies. More of You will challenge that status quo, teaching listeners to resist the shame and guilt that is pressed onto them by the world and instead to embrace their bodies, take up space, and learn to navigate the world in ways that allow them to flourish.

With wit and candor, Amanda Martinez Beck, a fat woman herself, compiles her hard-won wisdom to give the skinny on thriving in a fat body to others who have been pushed to the margins of acceptance. Offering helpful tools like The Fat Girl's Bill of Rights and a script for a weight-neutral doctor's visit, this book addresses real needs in the fat acceptance community, from how to find self-love in a thin-obsessed world, to navigating a world built for butts smaller than yours, to advocating for equality and justice for fat women's medical care.

About Amanda Martinez Beck

Amanda Martinez Beck is a fat activist and body peace coach specializing in the intersection of human dignity, body liberation, and religion. She is the author of Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me and cocreator and cohost of the Fat & Faithful podcast. She began the @your_body_is_good Instagram account to teach herself and others that the purpose of the human body is connection, not perfection. Her writing has been featured in various outlets, including Christianity Today and America Magazine. She lives in Texas with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer

A must read! What a powerful book from Beck, who I already admire so much. "Seeing all this, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of my body wasn't perfection or thinness but a relationship with God and with my neighbor as myself. Any body--no matter its size, ability, or level of health--can h......more

Goodreads review by Heather

A powerful read. Wherever you’re at on the journey to seeing your body as good, this book is for you. Amanda is our guide as we look at the harmful stories we tell ourselves and how we can be intentional about tenderly caring for our bodies. She also does a deep dive into the fat liberation movement......more

Goodreads review by EDJ

Book Review More of You By Amanda Martinez Beck This is a good book. It is an important book for people like myself who have struggled with weight gain and loss and maintenance throughout life. My BMI right now is 10 pounds “overweight”. And yet I’ve been as much as 57 pounds “overweight”. I have also......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

A thoughtful and compelling book on fat acceptance written in a clear and easy style that will appeal to many readers. I gave it 4 stars based on those, but personally, I see it as a 3.5 based on its Christian content. As a non- Christian, I was a bit put off by the amount of biblical content. For m......more

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