Greedy Guts

'A must-read memoir' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
'Candid, razor sharp and hysterical' GLAMOUR
'Charming, radical, funny and intimate' BETHANY RUTTER
'Savvy, hilarious and straight to the point' ALICE SLATER
'Greedy Guts is a revelation - it's a book that'll make you laugh and cry in equal measure' IONE GAMBLE
'I love this book so much; it's so funny and honest in a way that's really going to kick people in the teeth' SAMANTHA IRBY

Growing up chronically online in the depths of South Wales, Gina was raised in one of the most unforgiving times to be a girl: the early 2000s. Grappling with the era's body shaming and blatant sexism while dealing with a growing body of her own, she had to learn to navigate a world where internet trolls were a given, fancying her was declared a fetish and starving herself was actively encouraged by her GP.

As she grew a little older and wider, Gina started to embrace her fatness. With candour, heart and humour, she invites us to rethink beauty standards, fatphobic culture - and ourselves - and shows how fat and female liberation go hand in hand. Exploring sexuality and relationships, appetite and indulgence, this is an empowering ode to living a life without sacrificing a single ounce of pleasure.

Co-host of The Polyester Podcast with Ione Gamble, Gina Tonic has been named one to watch for 2025 by Sunday Times Style and 'the writer and editor empowering a generation of fat babes' by Dazed.

Greedy Guts is a revelation - it's a book that'll make you laugh and cry in equal measure. Gina is a bright new literary spark and I can't wait to follow her career long into the future -- Ione Gamble
I have been waiting so long for a book about appetite and indulgence written by a fat woman and Greedy Guts gorgeously, excessively over-delivers. Charming, radical, funny and intimate -- Bethany Rutter
Funny, sharp, and makes you want to go and eat a burger in a very triumphant way -- Joel Golby
Greedy Guts is so funny, open and honest, it's like sharing a bottle of wine with the author while she puts the world to rights on a Friday night. Gina Tonic is a marvel, and Greedy Guts is the book we need: savvy, hilarious, and straight to the point, it dissects fatphobia with heart and heat. Inspirational -- Alice Slater
MY NEW FAT BTCH BIBLE! I love this book so much; it's so funny and honest in a way that's really going to kick people in the teeth -- Samantha Irby
Candid, razor sharp and hysterical . . . Reading this feels like having a lovely chat with a best mate over a bottle of wine Glamour
Greedy Guts is an uncensored romp through liberated fat life in all its messy glory. Gina Tonic has written an indispensable and captivating addition to the fat canon -- Aubrey Gordon
Bolshy, honest essays about growing up as a working-class fat woman in the Welsh Valleys then coming-of-age on Tumblr and in Manchester flatshares . . . More memoirs like this one, please ShortList *

Gina Tonic is a culture and sex writer from South Wales who has been named 'the writer and editor empowering a generation of fat babes' by Dazed Beauty. With bylines in Vice, Refinery29 and more, in 2020 Gina founded her fat liberation publication, The Fat Zine. Holding the role of senior editor at intersectional feminist publication Polyester, Gina commissions weekly written content and has interviewed the likes of Gemma Collins, Juno Birch, CupCakKe, Chloe Cherry, Chappell Roan and more. Greedy Guts is her first book.

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