In 'Unshrinking,' a writer argues that the medicalization of fatness leads to bias

"Where did I learn to hate my fat body?"

That's the devastating question philosopher Kate Manne asks in her new book, Unshrinking: How To Face Fatphobia. In it, she explores the myriad ways that people who live in larger bodies are taught that they must make themselves smaller, no matter the cost.

Starting with herself.

"You might expect that as a lifelong feminist, not to mention the author of now two books on misogyny, I would be one of the last people to be suckered into policing my own body," she writes. "You'd be wrong about that, sadly. Since my early twenties, I have been on every fad diet. I have tried every weight-loss pill. And I have, to be candid, starved myself, even not so long ago."

Manne details the history of discrimination against fat people and the ways it manifests in the workplace, at school, in relationships, and perhaps most prominently, in health care. She argues the link between health and weight is far from definitive and explores why doctors' offices continue to be