Shadow On a Tightrope, writings by women on fat oppression

Shadow On a Tightrope, writings by women on fat oppression, is a collection of articles, personal stories, and poems by fat women, about their lives and the fat-hating society in which they live.Topics include: exposing the myths concerning fat; what it's like to grow up fat; a description of the medical crimes committed against fat women; stories of the daily hassles, verbal and physical harassment in the lives of fat women; inaccessibility to clothing, jobs, and public places for exercise and sports; effects on the emotional, spiritual, and intellectual selves of fat women living in a society that hates them, and how they have learned to survive. This anthology also collects material previously distributed separately bt Fat Liberator Publications, plus many new writings solicited over the years of 1981-1982 from women all over the country.From the foreword by Vivian F. Mayer, Author of "The Fat Illusion": "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."Published by: Aunt Lute Book Company P.O. Box 2723 Iowa City, Iowa 52244Printed by the Iowa City Women's Press Manufactured in Iowa City, Iowa