Have I heard of this book? Oh yes, I've heard of it. And frankly, I hope to never hear about it again.
The misbegotten screed known as Skinny Bitch was erroneously filed under "Vegan/vegetarian" in a bookstore I accidentally wandered into a little while back. It should have had its own section: "Eating disorders: How to".
Imagine distilling all the self-righteous moralism of a yuppie eco-tourist who voted for Nader, twice, and only eats hemp. Now add all the hectoring nannyism of the nutritionists who write those "Liver and lima beans: your forgotten friends" pamphlets from the US Department of Agriculture. Toss in generous lashings of the exhibitionist ignorance of self-styled health food experts--the ones who promise that if you can just find the right combination of vitamin supplements, you will live forever, and also, marry Brad Pitt. Then find the three meanest girls from your local high school and extract multiple doses of the unprovoked venom they direct towards the fattest girl in the class. Combine all these ingredients in a large bowl, making sure that you haven't accidentally included any shreds of a soul.
Finally--and this is the tricky part--remove the shallow, glossy exterior of one fashion journalist or music publicist. You must be very careful, because as you probably know, this gossamer layer is only one atom thick. Pour the other ingredients into that casing and cook in a pressure cooker set on "high" for five to ten years. Then eat it. When your digestive system has finished processing that dyspeptic concoction, the final product will closely resemble this book.
I understand that it was probably not designed to appeal to me, since I tend to bristle about being called a, well you know. But I don't understand how it could appeal to anyone. It's vile. The first chapter repeatedly uses the word "fat pig". Towards the reader. Unironically. I spent enough time in high school listening to a shrill inner voice calling me names because I wasn't thin enough. I'm not going to pay someone else to do it.
The world does not need any book promoting the notion that being overweight is a disgusting moral lapse. It certainly doesn't need one selling this nastiness under the guise of idealism. Yes, that's right: the reason they're calling you a fat pig and referring to your "cankles"? They want you to become a vegan.
When you are way, way less than 1% of the population, bullying people into adopting your lifestyle is extremely poor strategy. Attempting to do so by harnessing the upper middle class' morbid fear of avoirdupois is not an improvement. Veganism is not the next Atkins, thank God. Persuade people to become vegan, if you can, for animal cruelty prevention, environmental benefit, or hell, health reasons. But don't try to make them do it by threatening to call them names if they eat a cheeseburger. Their commitment to veganism will probably be slightly briefer than previous commitments to NutriSystem or the Abdominizer.
Besides, vegan does not necessarily equal healthy. To be sure, one of the things I do like about veganism is that I rarely have to think about whether what I'm eating is bad for me (only whether it has protein, calcium, iron, or B12). But it's not like being a vegan suddenly prevents you from eating junk, or fattening food. As witness the breakfast I just finished: Diet Coke and a Tofutti Cutie with a Fritos chaser.
I hate the notion of veganism they promote: that it's really all about famishing asceticism. Every time I traveled over the last seven weeks, three or four restaurants proudly presented me with . . . steamed vegetables au nothing. No fat, no spices, not even a squeeze of lemon. I'm a vegan, not a geriatric rabbit.
But then, one can hardly blame them, the way some vegans act. The Amazon reviews of great vegan cookbooks like Veganomicon and Vegan with a Vengeance are littered with people complaining that there's fat and sugar and--horrors no, what next!--white flour in some of the recipes. I have no objection to people who want to live on carrots and mulch, but I resent their assertion that that is veganism.
Obviously, I would like it if there were more vegans in the world: I think it's better for the environment, and also, network effects are great things. But I would cheerfully burn every copy of this book, and their equally dreadful cookbook, which is not only obnoxious, but also full of really terrible looking recipes.
Hey, Lent is over, have you decided to permanently go Vegan?
'Fraid so.
My wife picked that book up at Costco a few weeks ago. I couldn't get more than a few chapters into it, for all the reasons you listed. It felt far too (warning: charged word approaching)strident in its opinions about what I should and should not eat.
It could have been a good book; it's certainly a good idea, I think ... imagine the old Spy magazine publishing a how-to book on dieting. That, I'd happily pay for.
My complaint about the vegetarian-oriented writers I've come across is that they're vague about protein. Neal Barnard, for instance, will say that one doesn't have to worry about getting enough protein in their diet, because the Average American Diet includes way too much protein already. Except he's counseling people to stop eating that way. Plus, it seems the recommendation for protein that most vegheads make is for soy products, which still worries me re:hormone levels. That just might be ignorance on my part, I admit. I recognize that as far as sustainability is concerned, we should be moving towards a plant-dominant diet.
Well, as a rule, I'm not a big carnivore but the inconveniences would get annoying. I'll end up going out at least a couple of times a week and I can't see picking up something Vegan at the local pub. :)
Imagine distilling all the self-righteous moralism of a yuppie eco-tourist who voted for Nader, twice, and only eats hemp.
Now there's a high fiber diet.
French fries are 100% vegan . . .
I do eat a lot of soy, but also Seitan, nuts, pulses, beans, and mushrooms, all of which are great sources of protein. I need about 57 grams of protein a day, which is not very hard to get. Obviously, if you're lacto-ova, you can add eggs, which are loaded with the stuff.
A dab hand at sarcasm, indeed. Or was that straight insult? I get confused sometimes.
What is the vegan equivalent of "Holier than thou"? Someone needs to coin that phrase/word to describe these zealots. I dislike moral posturing in all forms, especially at vegans. I respect those of the "live and let live" variety, but whenever someone starts lecturing me, I fire up the grill. And being that I and my wife are in theatre, there is a lot of lecturing.
Imagine distilling all the self-righteous moralism of a yuppie eco-tourist who voted for Nader, twice, and only eats hemp.
Best. Sentence. Ever.
So since I'm allergic to soy, I guess I'll never become a vegan.
I see 20-something women reading this book on the L all the time.
I don't get it.
Why do so many women have such an appetite (pardon the pun) to be lectured and hectored by other women, whether the subject is eating, relationships, career, motherhood, or, well, everything?
It's possible--I've met a few who don't eat soy. I happen to like soy, so I eat a lot of it. But yes, it would be harder.
i am a vegan for 8 years to show how morally superior i am over the rest of you. i do not have any physical ailments, except tingling in my toes and sometimes i get blurred vision and vertigo. i also smoke one package of Camel cigarettes per day.
Like all ruminants, you'll be farting quite lethally. Keep some candles lit around your home.
Megan, you defame geriatric rabbits. They prefer a reasonably broad range of foods, and tend to be discriminatng, with a marked preference for freshness in their veggies. Oatmeal and popcorn are appreciated, but they would sell their souls for banana.
I just posted a comment that was critical of Megan, but without venom. Sorry, I'm late for work; feel free to edit it until it complies with the standards of this blog.
That wasn't critical, and also, was interesting.
"French fries are 100% vegan . . ."
Not always. McDonald's used to use fries that had been dipped in beef broth before being frozen, until some Hindus threw a fit. (Um, why would a Hindu be eating in a place that builds its meals around "all-beef" patties in the first place?) Their fries haven't been the same since they changed to a vegan version.
Besides that, after all the kerfuffle about trans-fats, I'm thinking about getting a can of lard the next time I have to change the oil in the deep-fat fryer...
My rabbits wouldn't mind your vegetables au nothing, but knowing them a big pile of timothy hay would be much preferred. :P
And Bambi, mine are more partial to dried cubes of pineapple. Its by far their favorite treat.
Great post, Megan. Informative links. And the comments -- whew!
You don't even need to eat junk to fatten up on vegan food. The large yellow curry with tofu of one of my favorite lunch spots has done more to undermine my diets than the periodic slice of bacon.
Their fries haven't been the same since they changed to a vegan version.
Given the list of ingredients here the new version is not vegan (contains milk).
When you are way, way less than 1% of the population, bullying people into adopting your lifestyle is extremely poor strategy.
At what point does bullying become a good strategy?
Their fries haven't been the same since they changed to a vegan version.
Given the list of ingredients here the new version is not vegan (contains milk).
Did you miss "Natural Beef Flavor", there was a big to-do over them keeping the beef in the fries.
I, too find fault with this book; for mostly the same reasons you do. I don't need an author speaking to me in that tone. I also feel the use of profanities cheapens their message. However, the chapters "Have No Faith" and "You Are What You Eat" provide some eye-opening fodder, regardless of the way the authors choose bring their message across.
They might just get the message out there, if their mainstream readers aren't so turned off by Skinny's deceptive manner at getting you to read a "vegan" book. (The cover and back flap do not mention the word "vegan" anywhere.)
As for their cookbook, sorry... these ladies don't strike me as the kind of people I want to take nutritional advice from. I'm actually more interested in hearing from people who are concerned about health, more than appearance. Not to mention the fact that the recipes are ridiculous. If you want a good vegan cookbook, try Veganomicon, or Vegan Planet!
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I'm surprised that the authors are so blatant about their message. Usually I see the reverse: health narcissists claiming that "it's not about being thin, it's about health," all the while eating raw foods and doing colonics to lose "tummy bloat." But then I guess I live in a bit of a feminist utopia, where even the feminists who toe the eating-disorder line aren't terribly likely to go around saying that they think they're fat.
I am a vegan straight edge and am reading the book now - I can't put it down! I have laughed till I cried, cried and learned more jaw dropping dirt on the USDA and FDA than even I knew about before.
They approach it from the "skinny" angle because most women couldn't care less about their health as long as they're skinny. I think it's brilliant and for once, an informative, scientifically correct explanation of how veganism works can actually be funny and entertaining.
I am a vegan straight edge and am reading the book now - I can't put it down! I have laughed till I cried, cried and learned more jaw dropping dirt on the USDA and FDA than even I knew about before.
They approach it from the "skinny" angle because most women couldn't care less about their health as long as they're skinny. I think it's brilliant and for once, an informative, scientifically correct explanation of how veganism works can actually be funny and entertaining.
By the way, nuts and popcorn at the pub are vegan.....
Predictable babble from the meatheads who hide their eyes from the disgrace of animal slaughter. Ever visited the kill floor? Sound like a place where, "culinary art," begins....Bloody, smelly, fecal matter and urine squirting out of every creature forced to die there? You people make me sick. Go work slaughtering pigs or calves for a few weeks, Then eat your violence. The freaking planet has become a butcher shop. Happy with it. Bet you are. No brains, no pain. Sorry. It's just sickening to read the shallow, self-indulgent, unconscious discussions that take nothing into consideration but peoples addictions to dead flesh. Got disease!
The % of vegans will continue to grow as those who give a damn about suffering, the environment, and personal health become aware and make moral choices instead of selfish ones.
Like I said, you should ALL visit and be employed by a slaughterhouse for a few days. Bet you couldn't even make it an hour. Let all those illegals do your dirty, bloody, cruel, violent, work. Sit at the table to a piece of flesh smeared in sauce and marinade to hide what it is.
@Laura Beth
Now if that doesnt make you want eat a steak I dont know what would.
LB, could you do me a favor and identify the "meatheads" you're talking about by name?
And for the record, killing what you eat is what hunting is all about, and turkey season is just around the corner. See you in the woods!
Laura Beth - you go girl! My sentiments exactly.
People have to cook their meat so they don't die of disease because we don't have the enzymes to fight off the bacteria, the smell and taste of raw meat would repulse most people, not to mention the fact that they wouldn't be able to tear and chew it anyway with herbivore teeth.
Watch Meet Your Meat or Meat.org and then, if you have an ounce of compassion, tell us all how all the slaughter, torture, screams and abuse is worth it because it "tastes good". God help you if you do.
I think being Vegan is harder than it sounds. Like McDonald's fries, many processed foods are made with animal products. A Frito probably has butter, for example. And who knows what it's fried in? Also, most pubs don't serve un-buttered popcorn -- they'd have a rebellion on their hands.
I'm not a vegan (although I was thoroughly disgusted by Laura Beth's post), but I think it's not as easy as it seems, unless you completely eliminate processed foods. It's probably similar to having Celiac disease - my mother has that and she can't eat anything processed b/c it all has gluten in it as a binding agent.
Toffuti Cuties are awesome! (I'm not a vegan, but my body is not very good at producing the lactase enzyme.)
If you're not vegan, how can you possibly give your uneducated opinion on the ease of it? The fact is it is very, very easy. You can get vegan food (it will say on the ingredients list)at any grocery store's frozen section, even Walmart has a long list of choices. Health stores abound, there is a sub for almost anything you could want, also don't forget beans, lentils, whole grain cereals and bread (yes, even many grocery store breads like Sarah Lee are vegan), fruits and veggies. How hard is that? Until you've done it, don't try and discourage people that actually care about animals, the planet and their health because you don't know what you're talking about. I did it overnight and never looked back.
There is so much more to eat being vegan, so many more foods and combinations to explore than the same laundry list every week for meat eaters. There are no drawbacks, and every reason to do it. I just wish I would have done it 20 years ago, it's the closest thing to the fountain of youth I have ever tried.
Fritos are 100% vegan! Munch away.
Fritos are 100% vegan!
Oh, now there's an enticement.
You people make me sick. Go work slaughtering pigs or calves for a few weeks, Then eat your violence.
Laura Beth, I sense that you are a true believer and would like to convert others to your lifestyle. Here's a hint: Telling people they make you sick is NOT a good way to persuade them of, well, anything. It turns them off, and they stop listening to you.
As a matter of fact, I have never killed an animal I have eaten. But I have no doubt that I would if it were a choice between doing so and starving. I could also learn to build a house if I had to; that doesn't mean it's immoral for me to contract someone else to do it.
The violence in the meat-packing industry is not a good argument for adopting veganism. It's a good argument for ending the violence in the meat-packing industry. As a side effect, raising animals in humane conditions makes meat more expensive - which is more likely to get people to eat less meat than haranguing them about veganism.
I find it amusing that if you tell people the truth; you are considered a bully. I find that it is amusing that the majority is never considered a bully. I find it amusing that family members are never bullies because someone in their family is different. I find it amusing that vegans are considered bullies because they do not want to eat milk products in their foods at restaurants.
I find it amusing that it okay for the VP of USA to use 4 letters words regularly, but vegans are not allowed to do it.
Ha, I first saw this book at a Barnes and Nobles last summer and flipped through it because I thought it was surely a joke. I stopped laughing 2-3 pages in...
I have seen this book around but not read it. Now I think I'm going to have to just so I can see what all the hype is about. Hopefully it won't end up turning too many people away. Or adding to the many misconceptions people have about veganism, like its difficult to be vegan or vegans don't get enough protein.
Thanks for the info megan.
I have seen this book around but not read it. Now I think I'm going to have to just so I can see what all the hype is about. Hopefully it won't end up turning too many people away. Or adding to the many misconceptions people have about veganism, like its difficult to be vegan or vegans don't get enough protein.
Thanks for the info megan.
Laura Beth, the one thing I will say is that being a vegan apparently doesn't make one happy! Perhaps you can find a combo of vitamins to reduce your stress levels! Geez!
...and dont preach to me about render facilities, been there done that!
Wow! This is the first time I have ever heard anything BAD said about Skinny Bitch! I found the book totally hilarious. Several of my friends have read it and love it. Skinny Bitch is the reason I am vegan today and have been for 6 months now. I guess it obviously appeals to a younger audience who finds it funny rather than offensive. I love everything about being vegan and I would never turn back! It's stated in the back of the book that the title was only used as an attention grabber and they do talk about being and living a healthy life. Everyone I know who has read it has turned vegetarian or vegan. If it is spreading the word and promoting veganism, I don't see how anyone can bash this book.
Because the world doesn't need more people telling women they're too fat . . .
Ever notice that all the vegans are well-heeled, well-educated white women?
Trying to sell veganism to middle-class Asian guys would be a bit of a bust.
What is it, demographically, that causes this?
Congrats on going and staying vegan, Megan! Vegan Megan. Awesome. I'm glad you're spreading the word that veganism is not such a difficult lifestyle to adopt. Keep it up!
Here's an interview with one of the authors, followed by reactions:
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/current_20080213_4708.mp3
i am a vegan for eight years and the best vegan cookbook is the skinny bitch because i can relate to it--even tho i am a man. i am very skinny and sometimes my "friends" call me a bitch when i won't eat things like baby back ribs and buffalo chicken wings. it is hard for me to assert my masculinity. i will only sleep with womyn who are vegan, also. Sorry to all you meat-eaters. i still have vertigo, tho. what could be the cause? i do not know. currently, my elbows hurt and my eyesight is fading. otherwise i am very healthy--for a vegan. cheers!
Eight years, five years, skinny, obese -- make up your mind, "dumbo". Obviously, the idea of people choosing not to torture, kill, or eat animals really gets under your skin. Have you ever asked yourself why that is? Could it have something to do with feeling humiliated at not having the fortitude to do the right thing?
Yeah, but bacon tastes goooood. Pork chops taste goooood.
being fat isnt healthy....and the book talks about living a healthy lifestyle. americans are becoming increasingly more obese due to our fast food lifestyle. its discusting and its unhealthy. the book only speaks the truth.
Though I agree I need to eat better, I don't like being called fat. And there are ways to get protein while being a vegetarian. I get my food from www.veggiebrothers.com. It's food that's delicious, filled with protein, and healthy! Too good to be true, right?
In addition to some of the vegan commenters' lovely manners and elegant writing style, they seems to have difficulty distinguishing between veganism and vegetarianism. A cheese omelet doesn't involve a "killing floor", and hysteria along these lines makes it difficult for me to take most vegans seriously.
I grew up near a dairy farm. Some of my earliest and happiest memories are of going down to the farm, petting the cows' noses, and helping Tony the farmer with the milking. And then I read vegan/PETA propaganda about how milk is a pus-infested soup of bacteria produced by abused animals. Uh huh.
We eat a lot of eggs in our house, and one of the reasons we do is that we buy free-range eggs from a farmer friend. I know these chickens, and I know how they live. They have the beaks they were born with, glossy feathers, and free rein to wander around a field full of wildflowers all day. Their coop is kept clean. Walk up to the fence, and two dozen of them will bustle up, hoping for a handful of corn. They are not brutalized battery hens. Nonetheless, the Vegan Hyperbole Brigade makes absolutely no distinction between their lives and the life of a neglected veal calf.
Look, folks. By indiscriminate shrieking, all you're going to do is make everyone else tune you out. Come at it from a more reasoned perspective (as Megan does), and you will probably at least convince people to pay more attention to how farm animals are kept. I'm certainly more aware of such issues than I was, and I make buying choices with them in mind. But don't tell me foolish nonsense, such as that smelling or eating raw meat would repulse me; I enjoy steak tartare, and I cook almost all of my own food. I know perfectly well what I'm eating. And, as you've seen, several people here hunt for at least some of their food. What, exactly, is it about meat eating that they don't get?
"I recognize that as far as sustainability is concerned, we should be moving towards a plant-dominant diet." I couldn't agree more with Aaron.
Look out for people leafletting from organizations like Vegan Outreach. You won't be sorry for reading the pamphlets. If looking at the pictures (or even hearing the awful stories in the daily news) of factory farming & animal cruelty, then do something! Don't keep buying into products that were produced at the expense of any animals (including silk worms & honey bees).
I have been moving away from animal products for several reasons, and it feels incredible!
Wow, Dictyranger. You are seriously in need of some facts.
Do you realize veal is a direct offshoot of the dairy industry? Cows do not produce milk unless they are pregnant. They are artificially inseminated (raped) a few times, and their calves are always taken away from them, in what anyone would recognize is a traumatic process. Then, when their milk "production" declines, the cows themselves are shipped off to become hamburger (there's your killing floor), like the "downer" cows at the now-shuttered Hallmark/Westland plant. In fact, most "downer" cows are spent animals from the dairy industry, and 17% of U.S. beef comes from these poor creatures.
So, yes, drink dairy, and more blood and cruelty is on your hands than you ever realized.
Regardless of how animals are treated, their lives are only as valuable as they are commodities, whose worth is determined by their owners. While some owners may treat their animals well, as long as animals are property, they will be abused on a much larger scale than what you describe. Your depiction is the exception that proves the rule.
And, um, pus in milk? A fact. The USDA actually has a milk ordinance regulating the level of pus in cow's milk sold for consumption. The USDA allows milk to contain from 1 to 1 1/2 million white blood cells (pus cells) per milliliter. Not only does the USDA acknowledge the presence of pus in milk, it is attempting to implement practices that might reduce levels in American-produced dairy products. It is a serious problem, indicative of concentrated and accelerated production that results in the use of rBGH to combat mastitis and other problems part and parcel with modern animal-derived food production.
Some of you people need to get a sense of humor. The book is hilarious! It was not meant to be taken so seriously. We all need to cut out the animal products in an effort to help the environment, end the cruelty that food animals endure, and improve our health. Everyone should try to be a "Skinny Bitch!"
The book is brilliant--too bad the reviewer just can't get past the real facts of a flesh-eating diet. It's rotten for the you, the planet, and the animals.
Just read the book . . .
This book is not really about veganism or even food. We're wasting our time by engaging it on that level. A prior poster asked: "Why do so many women have such an appetite (pardon the pun) to be lectured and hectored by other women, whether the subject is eating, relationships, career, motherhood, or, well, everything?" WHY? Because women are fundamentally insecure and frivolous. I say this as a disappointed feminist. If we women took even half the energy we spend on self-obsessed BS (and then lecturing others on our "choices" in the hope that this will make us feel validated), and we redirected this energy toward reading actual literature or mastering an actual skill or doing something otherwise meaningful with our lives, AS MEN TEND TO DO, I believe things would be very different.
The book, on the cover, says something to the effect of an 'In-your-face guide for savvy girls to stop eating crap and start getting skinny.' Not to mention that the book is called Skinny Bitch. You walked right into it.
I was vegan before I read the book, but I picked it up because of all the hype swirling around it. Personally, I don't see how you could possibly have negative comments of this book when it was so damn funny. I rarely laugh out loud with books but this was one of them. It's rare to come across such a great, irreverant book.
I myself, am, a skinny bitch. This book speaks my language. I read it on a road trip, and my fiancee and I laughed our asses off. Yes, it's crude, and yes, it's demoralizing fat bitches. Guess what? It is not ok to be fat!!! I am also a nurse, and I can tell you the human race is not getting any healthier, or any skinnier. Obesity accounts for so many diagnoses and diseases. I have no immediate plans to become vegan, but because of this book, I am trying to think about the impact of my food choices and exactly what it is I'm putting into my body. I'm pretty sure that was the author's intentions.
Rock on bitches!!!
dumbo, your troll-fu is amazingly weak...
The reason you're not getting any bites is that people are looking at you with the expression they reserve for the gal who just locked herself out of her convertible with the top down. There's no disgust or raw nerves here, just jaw-dropping amazement at how someone of your caliber could figure out how to open a browser window. Dyslexic Korean farmers have a better command of the English language.
You are stupid. Uneducated. You have no vocabulary or sense of grammar. Your sentences do not flow. A fourth grade teacher would shudder with revulsion is she had to correct your English.
If you have actually finished high school, you need to immediately track down every teacher you have ever had and strangle them. Then you need to burn down the building and salt the earth surrounding it. Whatever system spawned you must end in flames...
That's how you do it, grasshopper.
I feel into things like this when I was in highschool many years ago, people would say I am becoming Vegan to loss weight. Yes it happens but for a vegan that eats real food there is less chance of that. You do not clog your arteries with rotting flesh but you can still eat things that get you in trouble.
So all this book is going to do is make high school girls and gay men want to become Vegan-rexia
Never read the book - actually picked it up at a yard sale 6 months ago.... The title did make my mind up for me - I was an overweight vegetarian then.... succumbing to "the power of cheese" and getting my "milk it does a body good" daily fill. I've been vegan about 5 months now - I feel much better on a plant based diet.... I've been menopausal for quite a few years - my dreadful hot flashes disappeared within weeks of going dairy-free..... My bones don't hurt anymore either- Oh and the stubborn "baby fat"? Gone!!! In this meat based culture - there's only one thing more hated than a "skinny bitch" - and that's a "skinny senior"!
For health & heart.... go Vegan.
Aside from the veganism, this book is written like no other. The title speaks for itself & the cover says "a tough love approach". It speaks to people on a human level, not a clinical level. Some of us need that. Other diet books tell you that you need to excercise. D-uh. This one says "there is no magic pill. Get off your fat ass & just do it" which many people relate to. I certianly did. Because the title stands out & the wording is real, it makes people buy it. What a great way to tell people of the atrocities that occur in the slaughterhouses. I never knew. This book changed my life AND helped me lose weight.
Aside from the veganism, this book is written like no other. The title speaks for itself & the cover says "a tough love approach". It speaks to people on a human level, not a clinical level. Some of us need that. Other diet books tell you that you need to excercise. D-uh. This one says "there is no magic pill. Get off your fat ass & just do it" which many people relate to. I certianly did. Because the title stands out & the wording is real, it makes people buy it. What a great way to tell people of the atrocities that occur in the slaughterhouses. I never knew. This book changed my life AND helped me lose weight.
"Because the world doesn't need more people telling women they're too fat..." A comment from Megan - That's the beautiful thing about free will, baby. No one is forcing you to read the book. And lighten up! Geez, you will always be insecure & angry & unhealthy if you don't see the humor in life! Except for chapter 6, the book was hilarious!
If this is what it takes to wake people up to the fact of animal cruelty then more power to it.
The book was written w/ humor and that's how it should be read. I'm now awake and never going back. I agree w/ Debra. "Lighten up". But wake up too.
Once I became vegan I became sensitive to some things I never noticed/reacted to before. You brought up some issues I have with "Skinny Bitch" except for the name itself. In my opinion, "bitch" doesn't belong in vegan vocabulary. And as much as I'd like to promote veganism as the healthiest diet out there, (even though if you're incredibly lazy and uninterested, it doesnt have to be) "skinny" is the word I associate with anorexia, bulimia and airbrushed mag covers. None of which is positive. Yes, I know it's meant to be funny and sassy, but since veganism and feminism are still quite serious and sensitive issues the joke is lost on me. :/
Sounds like trash- I can say this because I am a vegan feminist and dont think women should live in fear of becoming fat. Pick up a bag of fruit and a healthy lifestyle instead of a cosmo magazine and an eating disorder. Why buy a book that makes you feel fat? my guess is that it will probably just make you fatter?