“I sold my NaNoWriMo novel!” A Q&A with Kim Brittingham
Kim is a three-time NaNoWriMo participant. She sold her book, Read my Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large to Random House. The book hits shelves on May 3, and Kim took some time out of her busy schedule to talk with us about her experience.
Kim, can you tell us a little bit about Read My Hips?
Sure! Read My Hips is a memoir. It’s a peek into my experience as a girl growing up in the United States, and how our cultural obsession with thinness affected the kind of woman I’ve become. I realize I’m biased, but I truly think every girl and woman living in the United States and its western-influenced neighbors needs to read Read My Hips. We’re exposed to such relentless corporate-sponsored messages on a routine basis, urging us to spend our money to fix what’s “wrong” with us. We desperately need another perspective if we’re going to have a female population capable of sustaining authentic happiness and living full, satisfying lives.
I’m making Read My Hips sound like some heavy-handed sociopolitical book, but it’s not—it’s a collection of personal stories. Some are funny, some are tear-jerkers. But they’re experiences that will resonate with every woman who grew up in this country. Read My Hips lends a perspective on body-image issues that’s very different from what we’re used to hearing in the media, and it’s sorely needed.
Just a little story about A Boy and His Blob.
*For some reason, this one doesn’t want to animate unless you click through to the full size image. I think it’s because I used so many frames.*
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