In this disarming and candid memoir cultural critic Clarkisha Kent unpacks the kind of compounded problems you face when youre a fat Black queer woman in a society obsessed with heteronormativity.There was no easy way for Kent to navigate personal discovery and selflove. As a darkskinned firstgeneration American facing a myriad of mental health issues and intergenerational trauma at times Kentampamp8217s body felt like a cosmic punishment. In the face of body dysmorphia homophobia antiBlackness and respectability politics the pursuit of high selfesteem seemed oxymoronic.ampamp160Fat Off Fat On A Big Bitch Manifestoampamp160is a humorous at times tragic memoir that follows Kent on her journey to realizing that her body is a gift to be grown into that sometimes family doesnampamp8217t always mean home and how even illfated bisexual romances could free her from gender essentialism.