R.I.P Irene Howard (1922 – 2023)

“Irene Howard (left) wrote an important bio of  the first woman to be elected to Vancouver City Council. But she is probably best known for the memoir about her immigrant mining family.FULL STORY

 

 

Big bodies

May 13th, 2020

Christina Myers edited Big: Stories about Life in Plus-Sized Bodies (Caitlin $24.95), a collection of non-fiction stories from 26 plus-sized, non-binary and trans people about how they navigate a society obsessed with thinness. Themes explored include: body image, fashion, fat activism, sexuality, diet culture and the collective obsession with women’s bodies. Myers holds degrees in journalism and psychology, and is an alumnus of SFU’s Writer’s Studio.
978-1-7738-6021-3

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