Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression

By Barbara Wieser and Lisa Schoenfielder

Book Overview

Shadow on a Tightrope is the first anthology to come out of the fat liberation movement. This classic collection includes articles, personal stories, and poems by fat women about their lives, experiences, and the fat-hating society in which we live.

Shadow does it all... It may be the most important feminist theory published this year. -- Lammas Review

Will open the eyes of even the most fat-phobic. If you read nothing else, read this. -- Feminist Bookstore News

Fear of fat is so entrenched in the American mind that even the most radical women, who have spent years exploring and rebuilding women's consciousness through the Women's Liberation Movement, have failed to spot the fraud. -- Vivian F. Mayer, The Fat Illusion

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879960249
• ISBN13: 9781879960244
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

The first, the original book about fat-acceptance

I was just getting into fat-acceptance when this book was being collected. It's an intensely personal, powerful testimony to the strength of the women who wrote it, and to every fat woman who's been on the attacked side of size prejudice. I can't remember the name of the piece, but it's the text of a speech given to a group of womens' studies students. It made me cry, it made me strong. Read it and the rest of the book - you'll become more aware and a better person for it.

A Must Have...after almost 20 years[sadly] reads like new...

This is a book that shows how far we have come in the war against fat-oppression. Unfortunately it hasn't been very far, however, every fat grrrl should own a copy!! It's a little piece of our history in this society where we must all bow to a powerful looks-based caste system. Hopefully the words of our foremothers will help you see that we don't have to live this way and we can still feel comfortable in our own skin. It's a must-have title for all who know that there is beauty in every person.