Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Heartfelt and Humorous Exploration of Gender and Sexuality

Will I Ever Have Sex Again? by Sofie Hagen

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Best for: Anyone who is familiar with Hagen’s work; anyone who is themselves pondering the quality of their sex life. In a nutshell: Author Hagen explores their history of gender identity and sexuality against the backdrop of not having had sex in many years. Worth quoting: I listened to Hagen read the book and know that I found a few lines noteworthy but didn’t end up writing any down. Why I chose it: I enjoyed Hagen’s first book Happy Fat and wanted to support their […]

Fat is Not a Bad Thing

Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World that Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen

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Best for: Anyone who has been exposed to fatphobia (e.g. all of us) and who wants to work on unlearning it, via book with a lot of heart but also a lot of humor. In a nutshell: Comedian Sofie Hagen is a fat woman working to help other fat people to love themselves while also targeting the reasons why fat people might not love themselves: the gross fat bigotry that is evident pretty much everywhere one looks. Worth quoting: There are a lot, but because […]

Where I am suddenly unable to overcome my self-aimed prejudices

Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World that wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen

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Happy Fat by Sophie Hagen is part memoir, part manifesto. The Danish comedienne breaks down fatphobia and invites us to join the fat liberation movement, both by telling us about her own experiences and by interviewing others. She is funny and minces no words and I should have absolutely loved this book. But here is the thing: reading this book was a supremely uncomfortable experience for me. And this is why: 6 months ago, I was “morbidly obese” according to my BMI measurement (which is one […]



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