Skinny Bitch

By: Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin

Narrated by: Renee Raudman

Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wakeup call to all women who want to be thin.

With such blunt advice as "soda is liquid Satan" and "you are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin", it's a rallying cry for all savvy women to start eating healthy and looking radiant.

Unlike standard diet books, it actually makes the reader laugh out loud with its truthful, smart-mouthed revelations. Behind all the attitude, however, there is solid guidance.

Skinny Bitch espouses a healthful lifestyle that promotes whole grains, fruits, and vegetables and encourages women to get excited about feeling "clean and pure and energized".

©2005 Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (P)2007 Tantor Media Inc.

Critic reviews

"They tell it like it is, and without delicacy." ( Chicago Sun-Times)
"The authors are brazen....They're not trying to win popularity contests...they just want healthy people." ( Associated Press)
"Don't hate them: be them. The authors of Skinny Bitch offer women a no-holds-barred approach to being thin and fabulous." ( Metro)

just meat heater

didn't like it. waste of money and time. nothing here, ñook for other book please

Alot of opinion, selling their politics and cursin

I read this when I was younger and wanted to see if I still found it same way. I did. Alot of info on chemical intake in food, but the way it is presented is unnecessarily profane. Using profanity doesn't make a point. As an audio book, you are literally paying to be cursed at. Add that their politics are being sold to you as commentary, and it loses it's credibility. I paid to listen about healthy eating. Not to be cursed at and listen to a political campaign. Guess title "Skinny Bitch" should be taken seriously on what content is.

Really bad

I thought that this was going to be a funny and good weight loss book. Needless to say, I was dismayed when I was preached at about how I should become vegan because of the horrible practices of the meat industry (with rather graphic stories). I would not be so annoyed about it if the author was not so preachy and condescending. I really hated this book.

Political Pocket Book

This book is awful. The profanity is completely unnecessary and in fact discredits any factual information attempted to be provided. The author takes hits on America and every food industry that exists. It also accuses America of ruining the health of other countries just to make money. The author doesn't provide any new information about anything and in some cases provides only half truths. In addition to scaring a listener into becoming a vegetarian, she gives diet "tips" that have been proven to be unhealthy. In the attempts to sell the listener on the concept of "fake meat" (her words, not mine), she totally ignores that most of it is frozen and subject to the same processing that she is so against in other foods. She spends about ten minutes on the attributes of exercise, which is essential to all "skinny bitches" and clearly focuses on a vegetarian diet, using examples that are marginally logical at best. The book is not encouraging. It is a four hour lecture that, at the end, makes you feel like you're a penny waiting for change. The book lacks inspiration and creativity. I believe it is only a best seller because the book jacket promises what the actual content never delivers.

Skinny Bitch

Very disapointed in this book. Most of it consisted of trying to converting readers from eating Meat and Dairy Products to Vegen Diets. It appears to be written by a PETA member and contains a lot of Animal Cruelty Content. Would not recommend.

Please skip this book

I've been a science journalist specializing in medical reporting for the last 15 years...and, I also happen to be a vegan (for ethical reasons that stem from a former employment with Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences).

I'll sum it up: this book infuriated me. It basically comes from the same position I do with regard to diet and governmental overview of the food industry--but does so with nothing but a barrage of incorrect information, misinterpretations of facts, faulty assumptions, and a complete lack of perspective. And all this under the guise of giving "bitchy," humorous advice (which it basically fails at).

I'm not going to even begin to try to address any of the entirely wrong scientific or historical inaccuracies--there are just too many. I would just want warn people that this is not the place to start if you want to learn about the vegan lifestyle or perspective on the food industry. Try "Vegan for Life" by Jack Norris and Virginia Messina (actual dietitians) and "Eating Animals" by Johnathan Safran Foer (a great listen here on Audible).

Disguised Vegan Agenda

I was looking forward to learning about eating a healthier, well-balanced diet but was disappointed to find out that this book is not about balance at all. They cleverly hide their aggressive vegan agenda in between their witty humor and some actually useful nutritional facts in order to make it more digestible for the reader (pun intended haha). If you are looking for a push to become a vegan, this book is for you. Otherwise you're better off finding a book that just plainly focuses on nutrition rather than the perceived benefits of a particular type of diet.

Seriously angry author with a hippy agenda....

not what i expected at all. Thought it was a self help, motivational read, however its just an angry vegan with allegations of corrupt government, me vs. the world attitude. Seriouly angry and paranoid vegan memoirs...
give it two stars for the entertaining, smug language used throughout.

this book is trying to turn people into VEGANS

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

this book was great to start with, and then it just went south. I feel like every chapter is about turning people into vegans, which is not for everyone. It is quite obnoxious actually to listen to or read as it is criticizing too much and talking about the cruelty of the meat industry which is disturbing to listen to. I don't believe you should scare people into becoming a vegan. It is a personal choice.

What was most disappointing about Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin ’s story?

The title and the story does not match! I thought it was about how to be healthy etc but it was totally a "how to be a vegan" book! I don't believe in vegan theory... lol I eat meat and fish and have a balanced diet and i believe that is the way to go. I think I will be returning this book.

Any additional comments?

Will be returning this book.

If you don't eat meat, this book is for you.

This book really didn't have any useful information for me. Basically they want you to eat soy, non meat, fruits, and vegetables. This book isn't for me, because I love meat. I really don't give a shit if the government likes me or not. I could care less.