Eat Fat Author:Richard Klein In this tour de force the author traces the older, positive meanings of the word "fat." He analyzes "the thing fat, " discussing not only the aesthetics of fat but also the nature of fat. He examines "fat sex, " including representations of the human body designed to arouse people whose taste in beauty is fat. And he explores "political fat, " i... more ».e., the relation of fat to power.« less
True, it's ANOTHER diet book, but seminal when it came out, because the author reminds us that there are good fats and bad fats.And, the reminder that REAL women have REAL bodies. Worth reading, worth contemplating.