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Summary: Ohh My Gosh !
Review: Monique, I think yuor book is so awesome. You make me feel so good about being big. Reading this book has tought me to turn my head the next time some skinny person talks about me and just move on. I thank you for this wonderful advice and remember I love you.
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Summary: Mo'nique: Awesome. Fat Girls: Awesome. Book: Lame.
Review: Now while the last thing I want to do is give any hint of an agreement with some of those who hated this book just because it's pro-fat (since those individuals are sickeningly bigoted), this book lame.
Look, I'm thrilled about fat acceptance. I am.
And Mo'nique is my girl.
But the woman can't write and her editor can't edit! Paragraphs that stretched through an entire page, rambling about a few very mundane life experiences, ect ect. I tried so hard to get through this book but I just plain couldn't. I trudged halfway and got mired down in the rambling.
I liked everything she had to say, but I didn't like her lack of writing style. And while it may be true that she likes to eat a lot, I think that isn't the case at all with most fat women who actually on average eat as much as skinny evil women. I'm glad she's comfortable with her lifestyle, but she neglected to point out that she's the embodiment of the stereotype (which should not be shameful) and not all fat women are. Lots of fat women can excercise with the best of them and have the appetites of birds but remain gorgeously heavy.
Conversely, I appreciated that she could brag about eating a lot, since many of the fat acceptance gurus blow their trumpets about how fat girls DON'T eat more, which actually seems to make eating into a criminal act.
Also, she was hatin a little too much on the skinny girls, it got a bit ridiculous. She should have spent more time talking about how gorgeous fat girls are instead of trashing skinny girls. I understand she was just trying to give them a taste of their own medicine, but it just came off as mean. My skinny girlfriend, who has never been anything but loving and genuinely complimentary, happened to find it in my bathroom and was quite hurt when she read excerpts.
Oh, and she had a whole chapter about how fat women are appreciated by men because they cook and clean, while skinny women don't. That was just offensive, really it was. I don't cook for my husband, he cooks for me to keep me plump, and the house can be in shambles - he loves me for my personality, my heart, my intelligence, and my curves, not necessarily in that order. Geez, did she want to set the women's movement fifty years backward?
I'm giving her three stars for being her, for flashing the cleavage on the cover, for putting another book on the market that says what needs to be said to conteract fat prejudice, for that magnificent title, and that's it. The book itself was horrible. Sorry Mo'Nique, I wanted to give you kudos.
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Summary: Say it Loud: I'm THICK and I'm PROUD
Review: Some of the reviews I read earlier on this book made me wary of purchasing it, but I enjoy Mo's comedic material, and I decided to give the book a read....This book is written conversationally and follows the same flow as much of the talented comedienne's stand-up routines. While there were many jokes about eating and fatness, she did admonish those of us who are "thick" or "fluffy" to take care of ourselves: exercising moderately daily, not overindulging in fat-laced foods, and receiving regular physical check-ups. She extols on the virtues of loving oneself, embracing tasteful feminity at any size, and tactfully addressing the problems of fat discrimination and put-downs by so-called "evil ones" -- those who will overlook one's virtues and character simply because she is overweight. Reading her book was an absolute delight, and her antecdotes interweaved with her personal and familial experiences make this book a must-read!
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Summary: Mo'Nique--Does loving yourself mean putting down others?
Review: There are people who are thin who can't help being thin...and hey are put down for it just as much as fat women are put down for being fat. I read this book from cover to cover and saw lots of self-loathing covered by humor. Look I'm a big-girl, too, but while I'm not wishing to be 110 lbs again..I will not delude myself into believing I am "all that" at my size. The plain and simple truth is that in the USA in 2003--THIN is in, and fat is NOT where it's at...just look at all the plus size zines that have closed down over the past five years. You may wear a size 14-22 but no one wants to advertise it to the world...if you accept yourself as you are, fine, but this book will not convince others to accept you if you put down other people in the process.
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Summary: DESTROY SKINNY WOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This book ain't nothing but the truth. "Skinny women are evil and they need to be destroyed!" Get rid of them!!!!!!!!! Peace!
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Summary: I cant put this down
Review: This book can also be know as the Black Girls Bible. It tells the truth that Skinny Women are evil and can't be trusted. I just read the fisrt ten pages the day I bought it and I could not stop laughing. The fact is the this book is a must read for all big folks of any color. If you dont like language maybe this is not the book for you. You have to realize that this is Mo'Nique and she has never turned down a good bad word since the day she was born. Like myself, She has never turned down a meal and neither has any of my friends. So, Yes. Skinnny Women are evil and Conceded and there is no other way to put it.
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Summary: Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded
Review: This book is a prime example of an actor making an attempt to capitolize on her 15 minutes of fame to make more money. The book does not help big women, it only strengthens the existing misperceptions and prejudices. There are serious health risks to being overweight and Monique ignores that. Parts of the book are funny, but for the most part she is saying that being overweight equals being lazy. She sure uses a lot of profanity so be ready for that.The book is just trashy.
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Summary: Feel good about yourself Mo'Nique does
Review: This book is ok for what is was. Mo'Nique cracked jokes on her life and skinny women as she usally does when she is on stage. The book was not well written but she had a view good points. I'm a plus size woman and listening to Mo'Nique get on stage and tell big woman to stand up and be known makes me feel good. I'm not dissing skinny women but I do support her on her views about big women. We should feel good about ourselves just as much as thin women do. You don't have to be a size 4 to be sexy.
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Summary: Fabulous, Thick and Funny
Review: This book was hilarious. I never laughed so hard and cheered so loudly in my life. As a F.A.T girl full of confidence and loving myself, I could definitely relate to what she was saying. I never really thought of the Skinny Ones as Evil, but once she broke it down for me, I'm better able to relate. This book is highly recommended and I will be encouraging others to run...uhh...walk or drive out and get it. Kudos to Mo'Nique for keeping it real and telling us just like it is.
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Summary: Monique did it again
Review: This book was so good it makes you laugh, think about the issuse Monique dicuss, and then read it all over again. My only problem with this book is I couldn't put it down, and it just wasn't long enough. But Monique did her thing.
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