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Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous | 
 enlarge | Author: Rory Freedman; Kim Barnouin
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
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Rating:  819 reviews
Sales Rank: 376996
Format: Unabridged
Media: MP3 CD
Edition: Unabridged
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1400155622
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9781400155620
ASIN: 1400155622
Publication Date: August 22, 2007
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Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wake-up call to all women who want to be thin.
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 Having a Beef with the World December 4, 2008
Amaranth (Northern California)
"Skinny B*tch" is Kim Barnouin and Rory Freedman's bestselling vegan rant. It's one thing to extol a healthy lifestyle and provide commonsense advice--it's another to have loooong,profanity filled rants and name-calling of the reader. Did these women ever graduate from high school? Or do they consider Lindsay Lohan in Mean Girls their role model?
"Skinny B*tch" makes some good points. People do overdo it on meat,dairy,and eggs. Those are leading causes of obesity. Caffeine,alcohol,and sugar are indulgences that shouldn't be had in excess. Laziness leads to obesity. Processed food can be bad for you. We should care about the humane treatment of animals. After all,how many people avoided beef after seeing the cruel treatment of cattle at that factory farm? How many people go for grass-fed beef now? Or look for cage-free eggs?
Rory and Kim take it further. They make no secret of their hatred for people who eat meat,dairy,and eggs. People who eat pork are branded with the scarlet 'P' for pig. Their over-the-top rants are more alienating than opportunities for bringing more people in. The mean spiritedness and bullying isn't motivating. At least the hippies at Cafe Gratitude are about happiness,affirmation,and goodwill--they're raw food vegans,but they're grateful.
"Skinny B*tch" reads more like a PETA rant than a diet book. Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food" agrees with the writers,albeit in a less obnoxious way-don't eat lots of processed food,eat mostly fruits and vegetables. Michael Pollan is more reasonable. Some other good vegetarian/vegan books are the late Linda McCartney's "World Tour",the Hippy Gourmet,Troth Wells' "The World in Your Kitchen" and the Intergalactic Cafe. Vegan restaurateurs like Juliano,Cafe Gratitude,and Blossoming Lotus offer excellent cookbooks. If you choose to be vegan or vegetarian,there are happier options,with less b*tching.
 Great book that makes you think! December 3, 2008
T. Pinnell (Santa Rosa, CA, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have read many reviews and just want to add mine. This book has changed my view of food! I always knew that animals were killed for my meals but ignored the details - it was easier. Now that I know just a little about what cows, chickens, and pigs go through, I can't bear to eat them. I am pretty tough which is why I enjoyed the language (some of us just need it in our face to see it) but I was crying while reading the slaughterhouse chapter. Thank you for this book!
This book should be called "Angry Bitch." December 2, 2008
Mai (CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book was informative and made some compelling points about bad chemicals and hormones in animals. They also pointed out the terrible ingredients in certain sweeteners. However, the language was extremely vulgar and they made some claims that seem a little ridiculous. One of the claims I found entertaining was their claim that the reason why humans should not eat meat is simply because we do not have large fangs, claws and strengths of a meat eating animal, like a Tiger. I just thought it was a silly claim that did not take into account that we are sophisticated mammals with the know-how to create hunting weapons and traps. I mean, we have thumbs for goodness sakes! I believe that they just do not like animal farming, which I understand because I have a problem with it, too. But their message came across angry and as I was reading the book, I was imagining them yelling at me to get their point across. I found their constant use of profanity difficult to read. I finished the book because I always finish books I start... but half way through, I wish I could have just stopped.
Tough to listen to December 2, 2008
Toby Winter (New England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this book on a CD to play in my car. Let me warn you. If you don't like the title you will hate the language in the book. The profanity is offensive and I'm no prude. And I don't like the author calling me (the reader) a moron, an a__hole, and other vulgar terms they reserve for anyone that's ignoring the dietary guidelines they advise. Or hearing her say "shut your fat mouth" and many other similar and worse expletive laced remarks I won't mention here. I think a good portion of what they tell us about food in this book is valid and factual...but not all of it. You will learn that to become a skinny bitch you must not eat ANY meat, poultry, fish, milk, eggs, cheese, beer, most wine, all forms of sugar and soda either regular or diet. So do the math. There's not much left. The parts about animal treatment and slaughter were extremely tough to listen to. I think this book would have had much more credibility had it been written without the hard core language.
Wake-up call! November 28, 2008
Miss Nomer (Livermore, CA United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I borrowed this book from a co-worker because I didn't want to snark it without reading it. Yes, my intentions were wholly bad.
Instead, I was spurred to do some research on factory slaughterhouses, the FDA, and the USDA, and I was shocked into a mostly vegan diet. I say 'mostly' because if I ever have the opportunity to eat one of my (geographically distant) friend's pampered chickens, raised from chicks on her small family farm with love, fed pure organic feed, and killed as humanely as possible, I will probably do so, if the killin' doesn't freak me out (it's easier to eat 'chicken' than 'pretty white hen I just fed from my own hand while little yellow chicks scurried around'). But since a similar opportunity will never present itself within 1000 miles of my home, I will abstain from all other animal products, even if I can't call myself a 'vegan'.
Since adopting this lifestyle, I've kicked my sugar addiction, am sleeping without wine or pills (Benadryl, not barbituates...this ain't Valley of the Dolls!), have more energy, clear skin, and am eating better than ever before. I've been steadily losing the twenty-five pounds I'd gained over the last two years while never feeling hungry or deprived. When I cleaned out my pantry and refrigerator, I was stunned to find that most of my food was vegan. I quit dairy long ago due to allergies, so in addition to some beef and chicken broth, the only non-vegan thing I had to pitch was some instant oatmeal that contained casein. It's easier than you might think.
Skinny Bitch does use some silly science, which I disregarded. But the chapter You Are What You Eat provides some compelling evidence of the cruelty and revolting sanitation practices present in factory farms and slaughterhouses. If you have been on the fence about eating meat, this chapter alone will push you towards vegetarianism or veganism. If you want to keep eating meat and dairy, it may push you to become extremely selective about where you obtain your meat and dairy, which may dramatically limit your consumption.
All in all, an easy, informative read. I wasn't offended by the profanity or casual writing style; I find a lot of vegan-focused writing to be preachy or insufferably hippie-fied, so this was a refreshing change.
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