"Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body"--

Ronald Reagan can do his own push-ups -- Starving kids in Africa -- Let them eat ketchup -- Champions train; losers complain -- Fuck Kathy Ireland -- Watch out for the big girls -- What would Janet Jackson do? -- Hoop dreams -- Fat as shit -- Chloé, you have a very pretty face -- Real women, yeah right! -- The $1500 mistake -- Time I almost died -- Power of love -- Let's go vegan -- A sex guide for those with low self-esteem -- I'm a comedian -- Not sassy enough -- Eat like an American -- To cheat or not to cheat