Weightless : making space for my resilient body and soul
Book
First edition.
"In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to a diagnosis of heart failure at age twenty- nine, Dionne tracks her relationship with friends, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture, and self-image. Along the way, she lifts the curtain to reveal the subtle, insidious forms of surveillance and control levied at fat women: At the doctor's office, where any health ailment is treated with a directive to lose weight. On dating sites, where larger bodies are either rejected or fetishized. On TV, where fat characters are asexual comedic relief. But Dionne's unflinching account of our deeply held prejudices is matched by her fierce belief in the power of self-love. An unmissable portrait of a woman on a journey toward understanding our society and herself, Weightless holds up a mirror to the world we live in and asks us to imagine the future we deserve." --page 2 of cover.
Available copies
- 12 of 13 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
1 current hold with 13 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
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| Chappaqua Library | 305.4 DIONNE (Text) Nonfiction |
31005600118444 |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | B DIONNE (Text) Biography |
31009154932267 |
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| Katonah Village Library | BIO DIONNE (Text) Biography |
31013151956147 |
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| Mamaroneck Public Library District | B DIONNE (Text) New Book |
31015153021986 |
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| Mount Vernon Public Library | B DIONNE (Text) Biography |
31018155660017 |
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| New Rochelle Public Library | 305.488 D (Text) Nonfiction |
31019156847553 |
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| Ossining Public Library | B DIONNE (Text) Biography |
31021153660427 |
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| Pound Ridge Library District | BIO DIONNE (Text) Biography |
31026151063102 |
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| Rye Free Reading Room | LIVES - DIONNE (Text) Nonfiction |
31028153508050 |
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| The Field Library | B DIONNE (Text) Biography |
31022152360548 |
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