Belly of the Beast

Winner of the 2022 Lammy Award in Transgender Nonfiction, this audiobook delves into the overlapping realities of Blackness, gender, fatness, and the violence of policing, highlighting how societal discrimination impacts fat Black, trans, and disabled people. Through historical analysis and personal insight, the author explores the pervasive ways anti-fatness and anti-Blackness intersect and amplify harm, shedding light on issues such as disenfranchisement, misdiagnosis, and violence. Offering a compelling call to challenge cultural narratives and systems of oppression, the work advocates for dismantling the harms rooted in societal biases.