big beautiful female theory

Shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize

Shortlisted for the 2023 Indie Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction

Highly commended in the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for Nonfiction

Highly commended in the 2021 Peter Blazey Award

Details

Release Date: 28 June 2022
ISBN: 9781922626882
Paperback,  304 pages
Full-colour artwork throughout and pink sprayed edges!!!
218 x 160 mm
Memoir

Published by Affirm Press (more details on the book and an excerpt can be found on their website)

Blurb

Part feminist manifesto, part comic book, big beautiful female theory is a carnivalesque exploration of the ways identity is formed through culture, relationships and the weight of society’s expectations. Without falling into a simple recovery narrative, these essays also resonate with humour, which gives a sense of delight and optimism in defiance of difficult circumstances and unfair patriarchal structures.

With breathtaking honesty and fierce wit, Eloise Grills turns her life, her body and her mind into art, confronting what it means to grow up in an increasingly unfathomable world.