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Wendy
Shanker's humorous,
hopeful memoir about women and body image, The
Fat Girl's Guide to Life (Bloomsbury
USA) changed the way many women related
to their weight. You
may have seen Wendy discussing her book
on “The View,” “Good Morning America,” “CBS
Sunday Morning,” or on her national tour
sponsored by Macy's Woman. The
Fat Girl's Guide was recently released
in paperback, and will be published in
seven different languages, including Italian,
German, and Japanese (but not French – because
French Women Don't Get Fat).
Wendy's
byline has appeared in Glamour, Grace , Self,
Shape , Us
Weekly (Fashion Police), Cosmopolitan, Marie-Claire, Seventeen,
alternative mags like Bust and Bitch,
and on MTV. She contributed to the anthology Body
Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of
Beauty and Body Image (Seal Press), and
her essay “Big
Mouth: Women & Appetite” was recently published
in The
Modern Jewish Girl's Guide To Guilt (Dutton).
Also, check out her introduction in the new
book Big
Girl Knits: 25 Big, Bold Projects Shaped for
Real Women with Real Curves (Potter
Craft).
Wendy is honored to be
a national spokesperson for NOW's Love Your
Body Day – get info at http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org .
She's also the senior beauty editor for the e-zine
for a “well-rounded” life, AmaZe (www.amazemagazine.com).
You know what that means: free makeup.
Between
viewings of “Rescue
Me” and reruns of “The
Office,” Wendy is currently working on her
next book. Praise
for Wendy Shanker:
"A
woman to watch: fierce, funny, media-savvy."—Ms.
Magazine
"Gut-busting."—Entertainment
Weekly
"Wicked."—Newsweek
"A bubbly diva."—Harper's
Bazaar
"A breath of
fresh air."—onlyreal.com
"Sharply witty,
screamingly sassy, achingly humorous."—Citysearch
New York
"Head straight
over to Wendy's show."—Time
Out New York
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