The Bookshelf

There’s a lot of content out there. And if you’re in your time-poor era (same), you don’t want to waste it on things that aren’t worth your attention.

So instead of doom-scrolling your way through a bunch of ‘eh’, we’ve pulled together the books, podcasts and Substacks we keep coming back to.

Some are eating disorder–related. Some aren’t. But if our conversations resonate with you, chances are these will too.

Books

  • What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat – Aubrey Gordon

  • You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People – Aubrey Gordon

  • Anti-Diet – Christy Harrison

  • The Wellness Trap – Christy Harrison

  • Fearing the Black Body – Sabrina Strings

  • Fat Talk: Coming of age in diet culture – Virginia Sole-Smith

  • Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness – Da'Shaun L. Harrison

  • The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD – Matilda Boseley

  • The Resilience Myth – Soraya Chemaly

  • What Happened to You? – Dr Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey

  • Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves – Sophie Gilbert

  • Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat – Derek Beres, Matthew Remski & Julian Walker

Podcasts

  • Maintenance Phase

  • A Bit Fruity

  • The Fat Doctor

  • Shit You Should Care About

  • Fierce Fatty Podcast with Vinny Welsby

  • Fat Joy with Sophia Apostol

  • Big Small Talk

  • You're Wrong About

Substacks

  • A Low Desire To Please with Jameela Jamil

  • The Nutrition Tea by Shana Minei Spence

  • Body Type by Mikala Jamison

  • Weight and Healthcare by Ragen Chastain