Shadow On A Tightrope

Plot

A collection of articles, personal stories and poems by fat women, about their lives and the fat-hating society in which they live. Topics include: exposing the myths concerning fat; what it's like to grow up fat; a description of the medical crimes committed against fat women; stories of daily hassels, verbal and physical harassment in the lives of fat women; inaccessibility to clothing, jobs, and public places for exercise and sports; and the effects on emotional, spiritual and intellectual selves of fat women living in a society that hates them and how they have learned to survive