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Shadow on a Tightrope is the first anthology to come out of the fat liberation movement. This classic collection includes articles, personal stories, and poems by fat women about their lives, experiences, and the fat-hating society in which we live.
Shadow does it all… It may be the most important feminist theory published this year. — Lammas Review
Will open the eyes of even the most fat-phobic. If you read nothing else, read this. — Feminist Bookstore News
Fear of fat is so entrenched in the American mind that even the most radical women, who have spent years exploring and rebuilding women’s consciousness through the Women’s Liberation Movement, have failed to spot the fraud. — Vivian F. Mayer, The Fat Illusion
Lisa Schoenfielder is an artist living in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She lived in Iowa City from 1975-1996 where she was active in the lesbian feminist community, often contributing her art to various events and publications. She recently retired from 34 years of teaching art at Universities in Iowa and Wisconsin.