Skinny Bitch

[Aurora Black]

Is it a bad thing that I'm actually considering this book as a future buy?

 

[arienette]

I am so sick of seeing this book. Yes, the title itself has made women want to buy it and they come into Borders by the dozens every day asking for it. Maybe they just want to say the title and be justified for cursing at the employees.

 

[Aurora Black]

Le sigh, I just ordered it. God help me. Feel free to kick my ass now. Hard.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

It's a clever title. It suggests that it won't just make you skinny, but it'll make you so skinny and attractive that other women will be so jealous and resentful they'll call you a bitch behind your back.

It's kind of like a man's book called "Handsome Motherfucker".

 

[Aurora Black]

It's a clever title. It suggests that it won't just make you skinny, but it'll make you so skinny and attractive that other women will be so jealous and resentful they'll call you a bitch behind your back.

It's kind of like a man's book called "Handsome Motherfucker".

That's how it appears on the surface, but it's really a book on healthy living. It reveals the ugly truth behind certain foods (chemical content) and it explains why people should try the vegan lifestyle. Many reviewers have labeled the book "vegan propaganda," but I'm interested enough to see for myself what it's really about.

 

[McKenna]

That's how it appears on the surface, but it's really a book on healthy living. It reveals the ugly truth behind certain foods (chemical content) and it explains why people should try the vegan lifestyle. Many reviewers have labeled the book "vegan propaganda," but I'm interested enough to see for myself what it's really about.

I'd be interested in hearing what you think of it after reading the book, 'Rora. I wonder if a different title would have been more appropriate given the subject matter? The title doesn't suggest that it's a book about vegan lifestyle (not to me, anyway.)

 

[Aurora Black]

I'd be interested in hearing what you think of it after reading the book, 'Rora. I wonder if a different title would have been more appropriate given the subject matter? The title doesn't suggest that it's a book about vegan lifestyle (not to me, anyway.)

I guess the writers & publishers were going for the shock value to get their book sold. I had to read quite a few reviews before I found out about the vegan aspect. Most of the critics were blasting the use of language, if you can imagine. And what is the title of the book, ladies and gentlemen? That should have been a clue.

I'll let you know. It will be a while before it gets here, though. I usually have my books shipped from Amazon US, and that takes around 2 weeks.

 

[Aurora Black]

There's a storm a brewin'... and the sh*t's going to hit the fan.

Fast Food Nation trailer

 

[dr_mabeuse]

That's how it appears on the surface, but it's really a book on healthy living. It reveals the ugly truth behind certain foods (chemical content) and it explains why people should try the vegan lifestyle. Many reviewers have labeled the book "vegan propaganda," but I'm interested enough to see for myself what it's really about.

Hey, I have no doubt that you'll lose weight as a vegan and probably be healthier too. Eat nothing but string beans and fruit and you're bound to lose weight. I can tell you that without reading their book. My coments were directed only at the title of the book and the marketing ploy behind it.

I don't know if I could do vegan. I could probably do vegetarian if I had the time and the dedication to cook Indian food all the time, because I love Indian, but I don't. Too often we're just too exhausted to mess with cooking anything and it's pizza or burgers or whastever we can crawl out and get.

Staying thin isn't just a matter of willpower. You need the time and the resources and dedication to be able to shop and plan and cook and who has trime for that stuff anymore?

Oprah Winfrey, that's who. And the people who write diet books.

 

[Aurora Black]

Hey, I have no doubt that you'll lose weight as a vegan and probably be healthier too. Eat nothing but string beans and fruit and you're bound to lose weight. My coments were directed only at the title of the book and the marketing ploy behind it.

I don't know if I could do vegan. I could probably do vegetarian if I had the time and the dedication to cook Indian food all the time, because I love Indian, but I don't. Too often we're just too exhausted to mess with cooking anything and it's pizza or burgers or whastever we can crawl out and get.

Staying thin isn't just a matter of willpower. You need the time and the resources and dedication to be able to shop and plan and cook and who has trime for that stuff anymore?

Oprah Winfrey, that's who. And the people who write diet books.

Doc, I wasn't trying to be confrontational.

 

[Aurora Black]

The Amazon shipment with "Skinny Bitch" arrived today. I'll let you know how it is.

 

[AchtungNight]

This title sounds interesting. In the past I have gone for books based solely on the title disregarding the subject matter until I actually crack it open and by the reading had my life radically transformed. Way of the Peaceful Warrior and The Ethical Slut are probably the two best examples. I may try this book too, who knows. Of course, I'm not a woman and I'm pretty sure I could never be a vegan, so I can't be certain I would get everything in the book. But that doesn't mean I won't give it a go. I'll just wait for Aurora's review to be absolutely certain it's worth it. I think this is the kind of book I should hear reviewed by a friend before I actually try it myself.

 

[Aurora Black]

I'll just wait for Aurora's review to be absolutely certain it's worth it. I think this is the kind of book I should hear reviewed by a friend before I actually try it myself.

Aww, I'm a friend!

 

[Jagged]

A guy's prospective

I have had the privilege to have some beautiful ladies in my life.....they all were regardless of waist size or bust. Sexy curves to me is natural and why I like women. At the local Strip club I talk to the girls and find many who seem normal healthy and sexy don't nearly get the business that the skinny girls with implants get. It is a shame really to me and the only good reason to lose weight it no because it is fashioinalbe but because of your health.

A size 6 is sexier then a size 12? Not to me....I like a girl who will eat with me and drink beer. I am not talking about gluttony here but being healthy and enjoying food. Models should not be the bench mark of beauty. They are super skinny and at times looking like death camp survivers so they can show of the close.


All are pretty to me at least....

http://www.kellyskind.co.uk/models.php?id=100

http://www.kellyskind.co.uk/models.php?id=614

http://www.therealgirl.com/display/052742706-00753898_jpg.html

http://www.therealgirl.com/display/052742706-79661298_jpg.html

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Were the models prettier then the lovely girls from off the street?

Bottom line stupid book.

 

[Aurora Black]

Bottom line stupid book.

You're very sweet, but I have to disagree on the book's stupidity.

I'm still in the early chapters of the book, but already I feel like I've been punched hard in the gut. Not from the language use/trash talk (although it may put off those who are more sensitive to that kind of thing), but from the wealth of information that the book presents on daily foods/drinks and what they do to the body, focusing a lot on sugar, aspertame and caffeine. What they had to say about those three ingredients alone was really shocking.

Regarding the language they use, I didn't find it all that offensive (definitely not to the high rant-producing degree that a lot of the Amazon reviewers displayed). I'd compare their use of "shit," "fuck" and "ass" to the casual swearing I use in my own posts at the forum. Mind you, I'm only 50 pages into the book, but I think the swearing is going to be at the same level for the rest of it.

As for the name calling and tough love, let me give you a couple of examples from the first few pages (after carefully editing out most of the food warning details, because there are a LOT and would make the quote a mile long):

Cigarettes are for losers... Not only do they screw up your whole body chemistry, but they also kill your taste buds. It's no wonder you eat shit and garbage... Of course it's easier to socialize after you've had a few drinks. But being a fat pig will hinder you, sober or drunk. And habitual drinking equals fat-pig syndrome... When you have a hangover, you're bound to eat shit all day long... Soda is liquid Satan. It is the devil. It is garbage. There is nothing in soda that should be put into your body... And the last time we checked, sugar, found in soda by the boatload, does not make you skinny! Now don't go patting yourself on the back if you drink diet soda. That stuff is even worse... Formaldehyde is toxic and carcinogenic (cancer-causing). Laboratory scientists use formaldehyde as a disinfectant or preservative. They don't fucking drink it. Perhaps you have a lumpy ass because you are preserving your fat cells with diet soda.... "Don't talk to me until I've had my morning coffee." Uhm... pathetic! Coffee is for pussies... PS: It also makes your breath smell like ass.

Right now I'm at the beginning of the meat chapter, which has been slammed and labeled by a lot of reviewers as "vegan propaganda" but to me it sheds light on how the animals are treated on the farms: Horribly and inhumanely, bar none. Hell, when I came to the forum today with those thoughts in mind, I misted up at the sight of McK's cow AV for God's sake!

 

[rgraham666]

I ain't giving up my pipes, or my beer, or my meat. Although I rarely have much of the last two. I can only afford one sin.

Got to say, I'm put off by the vituperativeness of what you posted there, Aurora. It's hard to accept advice when it's clear the giver of it (not you) holds the receiver in such utter contempt.

I get the feeling that the authour, as so many health fanatics do, would like to 'fix' me by placing a bullet in my brain pan. After all, I'm going to die soon and horribly anyway. A mercy really.

Shrugs. We all die. And maybe, even probably, my lifestyle will bring my end closer. That doesn't give others the right to demand I live by their lights.

 

[kbate]

I've always been a 'skinny bitch' (moreso one than the other). In fact I just lost 20 pounds in the last 7 days on my new diet plan (not recommended for everyone).

 

[Aurora Black]

I've always been a 'skinny bitch' (moreso one than the other). In fact I just lost 20 pounds in the last 7 days on my new diet plan (not recommended for everyone).

Is it one of those Hollywood baby weight buster diets?

Psst, your contest entry was fabulous!

 

[Aurora Black]

I ain't giving up my pipes, or my beer, or my meat. Although I rarely have much of the last two. I can only afford one sin.

Got to say, I'm put off by the vituperativeness of what you posted there, Aurora. It's hard to accept advice when it's clear the giver of it (not you) holds the receiver in such utter contempt.

I get the feeling that the authour, as so many health fanatics do, would like to 'fix' me by placing a bullet in my brain pan. After all, I'm going to die soon and horribly anyway. A mercy really.

Shrugs. We all die. And maybe, even probably, my lifestyle will bring my end closer. That doesn't give others the right to demand I live by their lights.

I guess it's up to the consumer, Rob. The book's tone didn't upset me in the slightest, because when I was a fat teenager I was called a LOT worse in school (And also by my own father, no less. Guess who didn't get a phone call on Sunday). Being called a fat ass by the authors was child's play compared to that, so I suppose my skin has thickened enough to consider the advice "telling it like it is" instead of mean-spirited.

 

[kbate]

Is it one of those Hollywood baby weight buster diets?

Psst, your contest entry was fabulous!

Nope, just the normal weight loss following birth. Hollywood starlets all go in for a 7-1/2 month C-section now and claim to have lost the weight. Then never put on the final 15 pounds.

8 pounds of baby - 3 or 4 of associated pieces and parts - and the rest is just water weight coming off.

Doc told me today I can start exercising and getting fit again - @Woot!

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I wouldn't bother with a book - nearly everyone knows why they are overweight and simply unwilling to make the effort required to change the bad habits that prevent weight loss.

 

[Aurora Black]

Doc told me today I can start exercising and getting fit again - @Woot!

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I wouldn't bother with a book - nearly everyone knows why they are overweight and simply unwilling to make the effort required to change the bad habits that prevent weight loss.

I was curious about what they had to say concerning the meat industry.

And you had the baby last week, didn't you? That's not too soon to be hopping about?

 

[Jagged]

Aurora Black...oh you are right. I just see healthy eating as just that..being healthy not trying to lose so much weight and starve yourself.


Thanks for the information and well calling me sweet.

 

[rgraham666]

I guess it's up to the consumer, Rob. The book's tone didn't upset me in the slightest, because when I was a fat teenager I was called a LOT worse in school (And also by my own father, no less. Guess who didn't get a phone call on Sunday). Being called a fat ass by the authors was child's play compared to that, so I suppose my skin has thickened enough to consider the advice "telling it like it is" instead of mean-spirited.

It is up to the consumer, Aurora. But you do catch more flies with sugar than vinegar.

I had lots of fun growing up too. Being called 'smart ass', by my father, was the least of what I got. Remind me to show you the scar where someone put a cigarette out on me.

But I'm not giving up my intellect.

 

[McKenna]

...I misted up at the sight of McK's cow AV for God's sake!

'Rora, You're a nut!

The excerpt you provided from the book is ... interesting, to say the least. I find it degrading, really. Frankly, I give myself enough negative self-talk; I don't need it reiterated by a couple of complete strangers.

As kbate said, "...nearly everyone knows why they are overweight and simply unwilling to make the effort required to change the bad habits that prevent weight loss." Weight loss isn't for wimps. Anyone who's lost a significant amount of weight will tell you that.

My motto is moderation in all things, including diet and exercise. It's served me well, so far.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Donuts are my downfall.

Baked goods from satan.

I worship them.