From Sabrina Dropkick, Chicago IL; favorite food: baked goods.
I bought this book a while ago and never got to finish it thanks to a heavy course load this year, but it’s definitely on my list of beach reads for this summer. From what I remember, it’s pretty funny and easy to read.
Here’s the low down on this book, from pinkbooks.com:
“This off-kilter novel centers on three girls who are definitely not part of the in crowd: one’s fat, one’s a dyke, and one is missing a breast. Nicknamed “Lezzylard” by her classmates, Angie is seduced by the prettiest girl in school, an anorexic who just wants to make imaginary grocery lists. Inez, the school’s pot dealer, can’t shoplift because security guards are mesmerized by her single enormous breast. Shelby and Angie can’t be together because then everyone will think Angie’s only a dyke because she’s too fat to get a guy. Manstealing for Fat Girls explodes the locus where patriarchal and class violence intersect, while embracing all that is magical - and dangerous - about adolescence. Set in a working class suburb of St. Louis in the 1980s, the book is replete with music and pop culture references of the era, but the bullying, lunch table treachery, and desperate desire to fit in ring tune for every generation.”
Here’s a link to Amazon, because I know you’re now ever so compelled to read this fucking masterpiece! You can buy it used for $.01 (yes, that says ONE FUCKING CENT!), or new for $1.94!!!
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krissonfire reblogged this from fattyfatale and added:
really wish it were more popular. I’ve honestly never come across someone else who’s
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