What's in a name?

[shewhomust]

It's a long time since I read Fat is a Feminist Issue, and I couldn't tell you much about it now. Parts of it set me thinking, parts of it I wanted to argue with, much of it I was impressed by.

A Guardian interview earlier this week reveals that author Susie Orbach refers to the book as 'Fifi'. I may never see it the same way again.

Comments

[cellio]

Oh my. I would have trouble overcoming that image, too.

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

It seems inevitable to refer to it that way if you've ever made notes on or written about the book.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. Certainly it's logical, which is why, having once seen it, I can't lose the idea.

I might have written 'FIFI' myself...

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

I didn't notice it until I was making notes on it but, as you say, once you've seen it you can't unsee it. And it does feel amusingly inappropriate.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

It's logical but it did make me blink.