In her inspiring, no-holds-barred memoir, Clarkisha Kent puts her story out there for all to witness. Her writing is hilarious and intimate, like you’re talking to your best friend over drinks at the bar.
GABRIELLE UNION, actress and author
Fat Off, Fat On is full of honesty, wit, and stunning vulnerability that encourages us to reexamine our relationships with our own bodies and how we show up for ourselves.
—FRANCHESCA RAMSEY, author of Well, That Escalated Quickly
Fat Off, Fat On is funny and smart as hell. Kent’s personal story is steeped in an incisive analysis of fatphobia, misogynoir, colorism, racism, sexism, and ableism. As always, listen to Black women, especially Clarkisha Kent.
—ALICE WONG, author of Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life
Whether you relate to the pop culture references, the family dynamics, or the awkwardness of sex and dating, Kent reaches deep into herself to show her audience a mirror and in many ways a lifeline to find the words for their own stories.
MIKKI KENDALL, author of Hood Feminism
Fat Off, Fat On feels like a revelation in honesty, humor, heart, and craft. I have long been a fan of Clarkisha’s, and this book solidifies that I will continue to be for many years to come. A must-read!
KEAH BROWN, author of The Pretty One
Fat Off, Fat On will help us all confront the negative thoughts we have about ourselves, interrogate how those thoughts manifested in the first place, and give us hope that confronting our personal demons is way better than allowing them to run our lives.
LESLIE MAC, digital strategist and movement auntie
Fat Off, Fat On is one of the most captivating books I’ve read in a long time. Clarkisha Kent tells her story in such an unapologetic light, and as a reader, I hung on to every word.
VILISSA THOMPSON, LMSW, founder of Ramp Your Voice!
Raw, comical, and thoughtful, Fat Off, Fat On is a survival story with a heroine you can’t help but root for.
BROOKE OBIE, award-winning author of Book of Addis
Clarkisha Kent artfully weaves together years of love, loss, joy, and sorrow into a tear-jerking, smile-inducing memoir that perfectly chronicles all the things that make life worth living and leaves you wanting more even as you reach the last page.
KESHAV KANT, executive director of Off Colour
Clarkisha Kent’s searing humor, intelligence, and vulnerability are imbued within every single page of Fat Off, Fat On.
PAULA AKPAN, journalist and historian
Clarkisha Kent’s Fat Off, Fat On is a scintillating work of humor and intellect. A masterful storyteller, Clarkisha crafts chapters with precision, where pop cultural references live alongside difficult memories of trauma, both apt and optimistic.
TRISH BENDIX, writer and contributor to the New York Times
Kent’s warmth, wit, and humor evoke a feeling of being in the room with her as she traces her journey back home to her Self and her body. Readers can expect to cackle, scoff, gasp, and cry their way through this book, and will get to the last page wanting more.
ROSLYN TALUSAN, culture writer
This memoir is an indictment and a victory lap; a masterclass in placing one’s body in a political moment without losing one’s voice. It's a self-portrait of a Black woman coming into her own. It brings to mind what Warsan Shire once said, "fat & perfect, perfect & black, black & fat & perfect."
NAJMA SHARIF, writer and, and social media savant
Clarkisha leads you in [a] puzzle, naming where pieces do and do not fit, and the pieces she's throwing out. You may be disarmed by her approach to liberation because it's powerful to see someone being wholly themselves. This book is a poignant return to love and a fierce reminder to take up space.
JORDAN DANIELS, photographer and storyteller
Fat Off, Fat On was the book I needed, growing up. Clarkisha’s writing is beautifully poignant, frank and hilarious, and will also strike a chord with so many of us fat, Black women who’s voices and perspectives get lost in the noise of “Body Positivity” and White Feminism. I feel seen.
STEPHANIE YEBOAH, author of Fattily Ever After
My debut book, Fat Off, Fat On: A Big Bitch Manifesto, is here!