I'll Look So Hot in a Coffin by Carla Sosenko

May 11, 2025

I'll Look So Hot in a Coffin by Carla Sosenko

This is the best book title I've seen in a while. Born with a rare health condition, Sosenko was a pretty face attached to what she considered to be a grotesque body. I was horrified at the insensitive things people did (like reaching out to touch the hump on her back) and the ugly things they said, particularly men. I am glad the author realized that she is just fine exactly how she is and absolutely entitled to live her life how she wants. Sensitive readers should be aware of subjects that may be triggers, including mental illness, wanting to die, physical disability, abusive relationships, and stupid insensitive people (who are unfortunately ubiquitous). Will appeal to readers who enjoyed Jennette McCurdy's memoir I'm Glad My Mom is Dead.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eARC for review.

Tits Up by Sarah Thornton

June 8, 2024

Tits Up by Sarah Thornton

After the author had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction, she began to think about what having breasts meant. Her interviews included sex workers, plastic surgeons, and bra designers. Some of her findings were surprising, including the eroticization of breasts as a Western phenomenon, and since the majority of plastic surgeons are men, they tend to give a patient D cup size implants, no matter what size the patient requested, like some hold-over from the Playboy era in the 1960s. The author also discovered that her own implants were incorrectly positioned. 

The expression "tits up" is believed to have originated among drag queens and means roughly the same thing as "break a leg" in the theater, although the expression is also used to mean that something is a disaster, as in "it's all gone tits up." Recommended for readers who enjoy micro-histories about unusual subjects.

Classic drag queen Lady Bunny

#veryfat #verybrave by Nicole Byer

November 28, 2022

#veryfat #verybrave by Nicole Byer

Comedian Nicole Byer celebrates her plus-size body in this collection of photos showing off her collection of bikinis. She also talks about growing up as a large child and living as a plus-size adult in a society that scorns fat people. She discusses her acting career and how she gained the confidence to be #brave enough to appear in her bikinis in public. 

Nicole is a funny lady and I enjoy watching her on the Netflix baking disaster series Nailed It! The cover photo is a take-off on a photo of the singer Lil Kim.

Nicole on Nailed It!