"Weaving together history, current events, and personal stories, the theological inquiry Body Phobia confronts unhelpful doctrines to issue a beautiful affirmation: ‘Your body is you, it is yours, it will change, and it will die. And all of that is okay.’”
—Foreword Reviews

“Anderson unravels how a culture rooted in 'Christian temperance' frames fat bodies as symbols of “overindulgence,” and how a cisgender culture views trans bodies as flouting the rules that govern 'God-given,' gendered bodies. Enriching the account with their personal experiences of seeking medical care as a fat person and a trans person, Anderson makes a persuasive case for how the body functions as a site of fear and fascination. It’s an eye-opener.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Anyone with a body will know how troublesome they can be, but Body Phobia explains it’s not just you—it’s all of us. Dianna Anderson’s keen insights into the ways we fear our own embodiment, and how ambient cultural anxiety around our bodies is vented particularly on fat, queer, and racialized bodies, is an essential tool to understanding and connecting with our embodied selves.” 
—Evan Urquhart¸ founder of Assigned Media 

“This book has the power to heal. As a therapist, I believe one of the precursors to healing is putting unspoken truth into language. Body Phobia does that for our bodies, for our selves. In it, Anderson has masterfully constructed a book that simultaneously challenges and liberates, all the while keeping readers enraptured by their storytelling. I wish I could put this book in front of everybody I know, saying, ‘Read this, and don’t stop until you are free.’” 
—Matthias Roberts, psychotherapist and author of Holy Runaways and Beyond Shame 

 “This book is very timely. I’ve recently come across terms like anti-trans and homo-negativity as alternatives for transphobia and homophobia, and those can be useful. But this book tackles deeper, harder, bigger questions: What if the hate and discrimination we face actually are manifestations of fear, and if so, why? Using phobia, not just out of habit but because it is the most accurate term, poses a serious challenge to cishet-normativity and white, Western beauty standards.” 
—Freddy McConnell, Guardian journalist profiled in the documentary Seahorse 

“Combining searing memoir with deep analysis of theology, philosophy, literature, and more, Anderson locates the root of so many problems in our fear of bodies—our own and those of others. Then they show us a way out of this trap that goes far beyond mere acceptance, to integration, to becoming something whole.” 
—David M. Perry, author of The Bright Ages 

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