Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You

by Sofie Hagen

Overview

‘Perfect, kind, hilarious and persuasive’ Lena Dunham

‘You need this book. Your mum needs this book. Your best friend needs this book. Everyone needs a dose of Happy Fat!’ Julie Murphy

In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are rife. From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers.

Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned look at how taking up space can be radical, emboldening and life-changing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780008293901
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	01/26/2021
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sofie Hagen is a comedian, fat activist, writer and podcaster whose work has made a huge impact since she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. She has written for the Guardian, Huffington Post and Metro, sold out venues across the UK and Europe and appeared in numerous television shows for the BBC, ITV, Comedy Central and Dave among others. Sofie has presented a documentary on fatness for Denmark’s channel DR2, her TEDx Talk was shared worldwide and she has spoken to millions on her Made of Human and Secret Dinosaur Cult podcasts.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1

1 My fat body 19

2 We need a fat Disney princess, and how to actually ask for one 49

Stephanie Yeboah 86

3 Public bathrooms and other places where fat people can get stuck 97

Dina Amlund 109

4 Clothes and why it's okay to dress almost exclusively in orange 117

5 Love, friendship and fat fucking 139

Kivan Bay 152

6 Why you should chuck your scales in a bin 163

7 'But what about health?' But what about you shut up? 183

Matilda Ibini 208

Part 2

8 How to be a good friend to fat people 225

9 How to love your body 249

10 Afterthought 299

Thank you 313

Recommendations 317

End notes 323

Editorial Reviews

‘Perfect, kind, hilarious and persuasive’ Lena Dunham

‘This book is the fat best friend you wished you had before endlessly trying to fit in’ Scottee

‘I loved every single word of this masterpiece! … I want to hug every page, and shout it from the rooftops. It explains so beautifully what it is to be fat … the shame you experience and but also the utter joy of learning to love yourself and to see through the lies’ Helen Thorn, Scummy Mummies

‘As an old-school stand-up of the self-deprecating variety, I found Sofie’s book fascinating and it’s introduced to me a whole new school of thought’ Jo Brand

From the Publisher