A Response to Anne Helen Petersen’s Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud

by Lia James ‘21

CW: discussion of a racial slur

One may argue whether including the word in the written version of the book is crossing a line. Regardless, hearing the word in her own voice moved something in me. In not censoring herself in the audiobook, Petersen has normalized it. She has okayed it. She has set a precedent.