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Only the last rule made sense. The rest tried hard to be interesting or funny, but were contradicting, not science-based, and just factually wrong. I didn't enjoy it.
Such a big load of crap. How can you demonize food that much?
Food that arrives through the window of your car isn't food? Aha, what is it, then? It's edible, and it can keep your body fueled.
And other claims, too, just sound stupid. Why, please?
This guy is contradicting himself in a few claims. One rule says we should not make any exceptions, and the other clearly says that obviously, not everything is affected by this rule, and we should be open-minded.
I just don't like the whole premise of the book. And I am clearly emotionally invested and felt attacked. I just wish people would stop hating on food and people in larger bodies so much. This approach has not solved anything.
Such a big load of crap. How can you demonize food that much?
Food that arrives through the window of your car isn't food? Aha, what is it, then? It's edible, and it can keep your body fueled.
And other claims, too, just sound stupid. Why, please?
This guy is contradicting himself in a few claims. One rule says we should not make any exceptions, and the other clearly says that obviously, not everything is affected by this rule, and we should be open-minded.
I just don't like the whole premise of the book. And I am clearly emotionally invested and felt attacked. I just wish people would stop hating on food and people in larger bodies so much. This approach has not solved anything.
<<< 2024 Review >>>
I love this book so much. During this re-read I took a lot of time to go through much of the cited research and started to read more current papers on this topic on my own, and I am so happy about all the things I am learning.
Diet-culture is really messing with the lives of many of us. Believe it or not, but what you eat, and your body fat percentage aren't actually crucial for your wellbeing.
Diets, including so-called "Wellness Diets" that seem to focus on wellbeing rather than weight loss, do not work for more than 5% of all people who have ever undertaken them in the long term. After 5 years, most people gain back their weight and more. We are sold an idea of ideal weight that does not even exist. Weight is not the health villain it is made to be, the obesity epidemic is not a real thing. What are much bigger determinants of health outcomes are social economic status, experiences of injustice, weight-stigma, and weight cycling.
The book does a great job at distinguishing between correlation and causation.
While talking about so many very important social justice topics that we should focus on instead of worrying about our weights.
I really want to write a longer review on this topic at some point. So far, I just highly recommend Christy Harrison.
<<< 2021 Review >>>
A must-read for every person who thinks monitoring what they eat is important to at least some level. And especially for every person calling themselves intersectional feminist and social justice activist.
I have been listening to Christy's podcast for a while now and really recommend checking that out as well, but this book is all you need for now.
Christy Harrison does a wonderful critique on the history of diet-culture, current research, and how it all plays into social issues and personal mental health.
She is also an excellent writer.
I can't believe this bs is so deep in our (Western) culture. Really hope we can get rid of that on every level.
I love this book so much. During this re-read I took a lot of time to go through much of the cited research and started to read more current papers on this topic on my own, and I am so happy about all the things I am learning.
Diet-culture is really messing with the lives of many of us. Believe it or not, but what you eat, and your body fat percentage aren't actually crucial for your wellbeing.
Diets, including so-called "Wellness Diets" that seem to focus on wellbeing rather than weight loss, do not work for more than 5% of all people who have ever undertaken them in the long term. After 5 years, most people gain back their weight and more. We are sold an idea of ideal weight that does not even exist. Weight is not the health villain it is made to be, the obesity epidemic is not a real thing. What are much bigger determinants of health outcomes are social economic status, experiences of injustice, weight-stigma, and weight cycling.
The book does a great job at distinguishing between correlation and causation.
While talking about so many very important social justice topics that we should focus on instead of worrying about our weights.
I really want to write a longer review on this topic at some point. So far, I just highly recommend Christy Harrison.
<<< 2021 Review >>>
A must-read for every person who thinks monitoring what they eat is important to at least some level. And especially for every person calling themselves intersectional feminist and social justice activist.
I have been listening to Christy's podcast for a while now and really recommend checking that out as well, but this book is all you need for now.
Christy Harrison does a wonderful critique on the history of diet-culture, current research, and how it all plays into social issues and personal mental health.
She is also an excellent writer.
I can't believe this bs is so deep in our (Western) culture. Really hope we can get rid of that on every level.
Honestly, a very belief-challenging read! This book attacks some of my "liberal" views and gives interesting thought experiments and scientific data.
While I generally think this is such an important approach and that we should all be more open to this kind of thinking without dismissing it immediately, I was not convinced by every argument.
I am definitely no expert in this field, but I do feel like some proposed solutions were a bit over the top/pessimistic/conservatist without a reason. I think we should all invest more resources in finding humane and realistic solutions to the disparities shown in this book.
The print version of this book apparently has a forward by Kathleen Stock, a feminist very critical of trans people's rights. From what I see, is this book not transphobic. The author was very clear to repeatedly highlight that gender is always a spectrum and that we can never judge an individual based on the overall data. I will have to read more to be able to make a final verdict.
While I generally think this is such an important approach and that we should all be more open to this kind of thinking without dismissing it immediately, I was not convinced by every argument.
I am definitely no expert in this field, but I do feel like some proposed solutions were a bit over the top/pessimistic/conservatist without a reason. I think we should all invest more resources in finding humane and realistic solutions to the disparities shown in this book.
The print version of this book apparently has a forward by Kathleen Stock, a feminist very critical of trans people's rights. From what I see, is this book not transphobic. The author was very clear to repeatedly highlight that gender is always a spectrum and that we can never judge an individual based on the overall data. I will have to read more to be able to make a final verdict.
Don't know why I thought this was a nonfiction for the longest time. It's actually a lot of short stories all somehow connected to (people from) China!
Nice lovely easy read. Each story carries some deeper questions about society and how we (or only Chinese people?) live together.
Nice lovely easy read. Each story carries some deeper questions about society and how we (or only Chinese people?) live together.
<<< 2024 Review >>>
I am incredibly glad I reread this! A wonderful, inspiring book that healed so much of my inner child and inner teenager, whose learning and enthusiasm about knowledge was damaged by school. And even now as I am confused why university is not as fun and engaging as I thought it would be over the years (I love my uni, but still). This book shows what is possible without formal educational institutions. It shows what people have done to learn about the world outside strict classroom settings.
It inspires me to unschool my life more. To not rely on institutions too much and follow my passions. Definitely think this is a book for everyone who was remotely in touch with school during their life. But mostly all teenagers! <3
I read the German translation of the 2nd version of this book at age 15. Now I re-read the 30 years anniversary 3rd edition of the book from 2021, and I am in love with it even more. The author is an activist at heart and I admire her approach to the world. Very grateful for her to give me the knowledge and tools I needed to leave school when I did.
<<< 2015 Review >>>
This book made me drop out of high school at the age of 15. No regrets!
I am incredibly glad I reread this! A wonderful, inspiring book that healed so much of my inner child and inner teenager, whose learning and enthusiasm about knowledge was damaged by school. And even now as I am confused why university is not as fun and engaging as I thought it would be over the years (I love my uni, but still). This book shows what is possible without formal educational institutions. It shows what people have done to learn about the world outside strict classroom settings.
It inspires me to unschool my life more. To not rely on institutions too much and follow my passions. Definitely think this is a book for everyone who was remotely in touch with school during their life. But mostly all teenagers! <3
I read the German translation of the 2nd version of this book at age 15. Now I re-read the 30 years anniversary 3rd edition of the book from 2021, and I am in love with it even more. The author is an activist at heart and I admire her approach to the world. Very grateful for her to give me the knowledge and tools I needed to leave school when I did.
<<< 2015 Review >>>
This book made me drop out of high school at the age of 15. No regrets!
This book is available in English too. About my area. Could have been about my neighbor, made me feel at home :)
Buch über Familie und über starke Frauen und über Flucht und Identität. Und über den Norden und das Dorfleben. Wirklich ein Buch über meine Gegend. Hätte auch über meinen Nachbarn sein können. Habe viele Menschen aus meinem Dorf wieder erkannt. Echt herzlich und nett. Einfaches, schönes Buch.
Buch über Familie und über starke Frauen und über Flucht und Identität. Und über den Norden und das Dorfleben. Wirklich ein Buch über meine Gegend. Hätte auch über meinen Nachbarn sein können. Habe viele Menschen aus meinem Dorf wieder erkannt. Echt herzlich und nett. Einfaches, schönes Buch.
Book is available in English. Real story about Drug use, prostitution and growing up as a teenager in West-Berlin in the 1970s. It's quite famous in Germany.
Heftige Sache einfach. Das Buch ist eine reale Story, die Personen und Geschehnisse gab es wirklich so.
Hat mir noch einmal eine bessere Perspektive auf Drogenkonsum, Sucht, mentale Gesundheit, und Armut gegeben. Und Berlin in den 1970ern. Habe vor kurzen einen Kindheitsfreund an eine Überdosis verloren, der auch in den Teenagerjahren schon an Drogen gelangt ist. So einfach kommt man da nicht raus, und Menschen marginalisieren bringt auch nichts.
Fand das Buch super, aber auch gruselig, was für Parallelwelten es in diesem Land und in der Großstadt so geben kann / gegeben hat / immer noch gibt.
Heftige Sache einfach. Das Buch ist eine reale Story, die Personen und Geschehnisse gab es wirklich so.
Hat mir noch einmal eine bessere Perspektive auf Drogenkonsum, Sucht, mentale Gesundheit, und Armut gegeben. Und Berlin in den 1970ern. Habe vor kurzen einen Kindheitsfreund an eine Überdosis verloren, der auch in den Teenagerjahren schon an Drogen gelangt ist. So einfach kommt man da nicht raus, und Menschen marginalisieren bringt auch nichts.
Fand das Buch super, aber auch gruselig, was für Parallelwelten es in diesem Land und in der Großstadt so geben kann / gegeben hat / immer noch gibt.
I love books that make me adopt a whole new personality while reading them. I feel like I have told everyone who was willing to listen that I am currently reading a book about Tupac and then some fact I found interesting/inspiring. I also started listening to his music in between, and it is such a cool way to immerse oneself in the book and his legacy.
Am I a fan now? Yes, I think so. Won't listen to his music all the time, but I am excited to have learned what forms activism can take and how Tupac used his lived experience to create art and to protest the current system. He influenced many and was definitely an important figure in the US (and worldwide) fight against racism and oppression.
Recommend checking him out :)
Am I a fan now? Yes, I think so. Won't listen to his music all the time, but I am excited to have learned what forms activism can take and how Tupac used his lived experience to create art and to protest the current system. He influenced many and was definitely an important figure in the US (and worldwide) fight against racism and oppression.
Recommend checking him out :)
Nice essay. I guess it's enough to watch the Ted talk, but still a cool short book.
<<<2024 Review>>>
Hope Jahren is such a good writer and cool person and scientist, and I want to be like her. Not entirely, but badass like her. It's a refreshing read. I am happy I reread this!
Definitely learned more over the past years of what it really means to be a scientist, and my enthusiastic review of 2021 is a bit outdated. This book is just one insight into what it looks like to do research, it can also look differently. But still fascinating.
Also, trees are fun.
<<<2021 Review>>>
Finally done with this beautiful book.
Hope Jahren is a talented writer and a great scientist. The best autobiography I ever read.
This book took me to various experiences a researcher is likely to experience during their career. It gave wonderful insights into day to day life, traits that are good to have, the smaller and bigger challenges, and the joy (or disappointment) that comes from the process and the results.
If you still wonder if being a full time scientist is something for you, and you don't have the resources to shadow in a lab, or travel to research sites, there is an easier way: read this book!
For me, I now know that this is what I am supposed to be doing for the rest of my life 😍
Hope Jahren is such a good writer and cool person and scientist, and I want to be like her. Not entirely, but badass like her. It's a refreshing read. I am happy I reread this!
Definitely learned more over the past years of what it really means to be a scientist, and my enthusiastic review of 2021 is a bit outdated. This book is just one insight into what it looks like to do research, it can also look differently. But still fascinating.
Also, trees are fun.
<<<2021 Review>>>
Finally done with this beautiful book.
Hope Jahren is a talented writer and a great scientist. The best autobiography I ever read.
This book took me to various experiences a researcher is likely to experience during their career. It gave wonderful insights into day to day life, traits that are good to have, the smaller and bigger challenges, and the joy (or disappointment) that comes from the process and the results.
If you still wonder if being a full time scientist is something for you, and you don't have the resources to shadow in a lab, or travel to research sites, there is an easier way: read this book!
For me, I now know that this is what I am supposed to be doing for the rest of my life 😍