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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-skinny-bitch-book-review-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">“A Skinny Bitch Book Review” from Leslie Goldman’s “The Weighting Game”</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted November 15, 2007 at 04:00 PM by Sahara Jackson</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">True story: A bum once asked me for change while I was living in Boystown, Chicago’s gay district. I said, “No, thanks,” because I was trying to be polite. And as I passed, he mumbled, “Skinny bitch.” I remember being both taken aback but also a bit confused. Was this an insult? Yes, I’m pretty sure. But, as my retro 50’s-style magnet reads with a wink, “You say I’m a bitch like it’s a bad thing.” As for the “skinny” insult, he was likely insinuating I lacked the impressive breasts and bootyliciousness which was surgically bestowed upon many of the drag queens living in my neighborhood. I was reminded of this episode when I sat down to offer you by thoughts on the monster hit book Skinny Bitch by former model Kim Barnouin and former…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-skinny-bitch-book-review-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-skinny-bitch-book-review-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-skinny-bitch-book-review-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/a-skinny-bitch-book-review-from-leslie-goldmans-the-weighting-game/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/books/">books</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a><br /><br /> </P>