The Politics of Stupid
by Susan Powter

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Book Review: Women's health is inseparable from politics
Summary: 5 Stars

As for the format of the book, I felt like I was reading a long zine rather than a glossed up volume from a major publishing company. The fonts, lack of chapter breaks and typos didn't bother me, but I can see some people having a hard time with it. She self-published the book, which is a great example for women who would like to get their voices out: you don't need a guy in a suit to tell you that you can do it. I got a lot out of this book and have since ordered most of her other books. I have read that she is too far out there, too angry, too candid, too sexual, too radical, too...whatever. I think it's interesting that the same sorts of things were said about first and second wave feminists, and I doubt many would argue that women's suffrage and sexual harassment laws are "too radical" anymore. Susan is inspiring to me because she has a very positive, cogent third-wave message: women must stop being the victims of the diet industry and take back the most essential provinces of human power: the body and the mind. And, she looks AMAZING at 46 years old.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the political economy of women's health, and a strong admonition to get out and make neccessary lifestyle changes.

Summary of The Politics of Stupid

-- Is about to understand just how much muscle she has ? representing 85% of the consumer market for the $276 billion dollar food industry ? and how to flex it for maximum effect.
-- Is doing the grocery shopping in her local mega mart. "It ain?t men roaming the aisles of the grocery store every week?it?s you," states Powter in her new book. "Queen of the Aisle, you just gotta get your royal groove on and realize just how power-filled you are, Ms. C.E.O of the food industry!"
-- Has a baby. The answer to where Powter has been is "raising my new baby (five years old), re-claiming my work, owning and controlling everything so that it goes ?direct from me to you? to millions of Women, living, loving, and learning bigger than I ever have in my life," she explains.
-- Wants and needs a lifestyle changing program written in her language.

Millions of women have spent the last few years gulping for air?the air they haven?t breathed since they first heard the sane, right, common sense, life changing information, motivation, and inspiration that is Susan Powter.

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