Rebecca Jane Weinstein is not a sexologist and this book, Fat Sex: The Naked Truth, is not a “how-to” manual for putting the hot with the heavy. Instead, this is a delightful collection of people’s stories, a kind of collective memoir in which Weinstein interweaves her own story and her considerable knowledge and research with the stories of real people talking about their real experiences in relationships.Rebecca Jane Weinstein is not a sexologist and this book, Fat Sex: The Naked Truth, is not a “how-to” manual for putting the hot with the heavy. Instead, this is a delightful collection of people’s stories, a kind of collective memoir in which Weinstein interweaves her own story and her considerable knowledge and research with the stories of real people talking about their real experiences in relationships.Rebecca Jane Weinstein is not a sexologist and this book, Fat Sex: The Naked Truth, is not a “how-to” manual for putting the hot with the heavy. Instead, this is a delightful collection of people’s stories, a kind of collective memoir in which Weinstein interweaves her own story and her considerable knowledge and research with the stories of real people talking about their real experiences in relationships.Rebecca Jane Weinstein is not a sexologist and this book, Fat Sex: The Naked Truth, is not a “how-to” manual for putting the hot with the heavy. Instead, this is a delightful collection of people’s stories, a kind of collective memoir in which Weinstein interweaves her own story and her considerable knowledge and research with the stories of real people talking about their real experiences in relationships.Rebecca Jane Weinstein is not a sexologist and this book, Fat Sex: The Naked Truth, is not a “how-to” manual for putting the hot with the heavy. Instead, this is a delightful collection of people’s stories, a kind of collective memoir in which Weinstein interweaves her own story and her considerable knowledge and research with the stories of real people talking about their real experiences in relationships. Rebecca Jane Weinstein is not a sexologist and this book, Fat Sex: The Naked Truth, is not a “how-to” manual for putting the hot with the heavy. Instead, this is a delightful collection of people’s stories, a kind of collective memoir in which Weinstein interweaves her own story and her considerable knowledge and research with the stories of real people talking about their real experiences in relationships.
The only two things everyone has in common in this collective memoir is fatness and sexuality Not all folks are fat. Some love fat people but are not fat themselves. Not all folks are sexually active. But all have something to say about working out sexual issues and fat issues in a society that doesn’t really want to talk about either. This is why I found the project worthy of notice as a sociologist.
What I like most about Fat Sex is that instead of a clinical, psychological or sociological account attempting to disprove the negative, the book relies simply upon the human voice to show the humanity.... The support that the book received may signal a change both in attitudes about fat and about sex, at least a tiny bit of hope. Reception since the book became available has been positive, with Weinstein appearing on radio and TV shows nationwide, including two wonderful segments on NBC's Today Show.- Pattie Thomas, PhD
