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Read My Hips by Kim Brittingham6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() When I met my agent, I’d written a completely different memoir and that’s what I expected to sell. Strangely enough, I didn’t set out to write a book on this subject. It’s about food, dieting, self-esteem, the influence of the media and pop culture, the longing for acceptance, the desire to be desired Read My Hips covers a lot of territory. I don’t think there’s a woman anywhere in the Western world who won’t identify with Read My Hips. Body image is a complex, multi-layered issue and it touches nearly every American female alive today. ![]() Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting and Live Large is a collection of stories about my body image and how it’s changed throughout my life. Can you tell us what it’s about and what inspired you to write it? Read My Hips is due in the spring from Random House. A native Philadelphian, Kim recently took some time to talk with us about her work, our culture’s obsession with body image, and the future of the written word. Kim Brittingham’s Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting and Live Large is due from Random House this coming spring. ![]()
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