Kim Brittingham is a writer and blogger whose personal essays have been published on iVillage, Salon and Fresh Yarn. She received widespread national attention, including appearances on the Today Show and NPR, when she created a mock self-help book jacket with the title, Fat is Contagious- How Sitting Next to a Fat Person Can Make YOU Fat, wrapped it around a real book, and pretended to read it while riding the buses of New York City as an informal social experiment. She divides her time between New York City and Ocean Grove, New Jersey. KimWrites.com
An uplifting, fat-tastic voyage to self-love, @lt;i@gt;Read My Hips@lt;/i@gt; made me realize that I no longer need to be weighed down by constantly judging my body. I devoured this book--it's deliciously inspiring! @lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt;--Hillary Carlip, author of @lt;i@gt;Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt; @lt;i@gt;Read My Hips@lt;/i@gt; is a spirited call to arms (and bellies and bare legs) to embrace ourselves inside and out. Brittingham explores and exposes the ways women are taught to hide our bodies, then boldly and humorously does the opposite. She speaks from the front lines of@lt;br@gt;standing up (or sitting on the bus) for women of all sizes who are tired of body image busybodies. Read her hips and rejoice! @lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt;--Rachel Kramer Bussel, Editor, @lt;i@gt;Fast Girls@lt;/i@gt; and @lt;i@gt;Gotta Have It@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;i@gt; @lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;i@gt;Read My Hips@lt;/i@gt; is a