Description:
A defiant exploration of body image and self-acceptance through poetic forms.
Stephanie Rogers' Fat Girl Forms fearlessly confronts societal expectations and celebrates the beauty and strength of the female form. Written entirely in traditional and invented forms, this collection explores how it feels to move one's body in a world not built to hold it. She examines the way society humiliates fat women, especially those who don't conform to conventional standards of beauty.
Brash, sassy, and in your face, this second full-length collection depicts one fat woman's challenge to a culture that constantly tells them that they are unwanted, unloved, unworthy, all of this done in verse forms full of panache and élan. For women and readers of feminist poetry who seek empowerment and validation, Fat Girl Forms is a testament to resilience and self-love. Discover the power of embracing your true self and challenging societal norms. Keywords: feminist poetry, body image, self-acceptance.
Review Quotes: "Stephanie Rogers has gifted us a majestically conceived collection--one I've been craving as both a reader and teacher of poetry. On a formal level, we are treated to an agile survey of traditions in meter, syllabics, and rhyme. On a thematic level, these poems stay faithful to a specific, fully realized protagonist as they examine society's relentless critique of weight as a measure of worth. "Each day, I wake to ready / my body / to devour the sun's heat," the speaker of "Fat Girl Ovillejo" observes, "to eat / the thick and dripping light." Shifts in perspective and focal distance keep the material fresh, prompting its audience to ask: why have we not had this conversation before? This fearless, formidable, and necessary book claims its essential moment." --Sandra Beasley