Embracing Your Big Fat Ass: An Owner's Manual

by Laura Banks

Life is short -- too short to spend most of it worrying about what you look like from behind. That fact hasn't stopped women everywhere from obsessing over their weight -- specifically, that portion of it resting on their asses. In this gleefully frank new book, Janette Barber and Laura Banks lampoon society's obsession with the gluteus maximus while offering solidarity, support, and inspiring advice to fellow B-FABs (Big Fat Ass Babes). Embracing Your Big Fat Ass encourages readers to accept and love every inch of themselves -- including the lumpier parts.

Genres: Humor, Self Help

258 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2008

Reviews

[Chris]

This book was more for plus sized women but I still enjoyed it. It's not to be taken seriously. Tons of ridiculous advice and scenarios included. There were some laugh-out-loud moments that made me look around to make sure no-one thought I was crazy.

[Hope]

I just couldn't finish this one. I really, really wanted to like it. I was prepared to forgive quite a lot. I really do believe the authors were trying to be funny and supportive. Instead, they were offensive.

I read about half of this, and skimmed through the rest - hence why it's on my didn't-finish shelf here on GoodReads. I simply couldn't stomach it.

Embracing Your Big Fat Ass should be about loving who you are as you are. You don't have to roll in embracing every negative stereotype about fat women. Every chapter affirmed that idea that fat means uncontrolled, weak, compulsive eating, and moral failing. Women who feel they have a bounteous booty don't need a book to tell them that - our whole culture does an excellent job on that front, thank you.

[Marsha]

Is Laura bitter about being big-butted? No, not much. Oh, sure, like a lot of, ahem, hefty women, she tried to lose the weight. But the weight wouldn’t lose her and she finally gave up. This book is about appreciating the assets that nature gave her (pun intended!) and seeing it as a gift. Filled with witty, sharp and biting observations about addictions, anorexia, smoking, eating (what else?) and learning to come to grips with a sizeable part of one’s anatomy, this book is a treat for those plus-sized girls out there. Just don’t give it to them as a gift.

[Adrienne Ingram]

This book was a quick read, I read it in one day mostly at the gym. It had me tearing up at some points, and at others I was laughing so hard. When they were talking about the gym, and specifically the treadmill I was on one, and I was dying. It was a fun book for people like me with a big fat ass, who needs to learn to live with it!

[Kelly]

This book changed my life for a week. But then I got tired of embracing and once again desire to be free of. But it was a good reminder to love your body as it is and stop feeling bad about yourself for your body. And parts of it are pretty funny.

[Carol Nelson]

I thought this book would be funny, but turns out it wasn't my kind of humour. One line is about not wanting to get pulled over for drunk driving for fear of getting caught with candy wrappers in the car. This fat ass didn't really get it...and I didn't finish it.

[Megan]

Picked this up in a fit of PMS, and am glad that I did. Really, really funny, but full of sound advice about being kind to yourself and realizing you are more than your bum.

[Gina]

Coudn't relate to the writing. Didn't read the entire book.

[Gillian]

I had a bit of a laugh at this book. It's a fun look at a subject that we women are convinced is actually important in the scheme of things.