{"title":"Staff Recommendations","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more on our current staff favourites, have a browse of our recently enjoyed in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/pages\/book-subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ebook subscription\u003c\/a\u003e section! \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"poor-little-sick-girls-by-ione-gamble","title":"Poor Little Sick Girls by Ione Gamble","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWellness is oppressive, self-love is a trap, hustling is a health risk and it's all the patriarchy's fault. \u003cem\u003ePoor Little Sick Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is THE book for femmes who are online and want more from activism and life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIone Gamble never imagined that entering adulthood would mean being diagnosed with an incurable illness. Watching identity politics become social media fodder from the confines of her sickbed Ione began to pick apart our obsession with self-care, personal branding, productivity and #LivingYourBestLife. Using her experience with disability to cast a fresh gaze on the particularly peculiar cultural moment in which young women find themselves, \u003cem\u003ePoor Little Sick Girls\u003c\/em\u003e explores the pressures faced - as well as the power of existing as - a chronically ill, overweight, and unacceptable woman in our current era of empowerment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFounder of Polyester zine and a host of The Polyester Podcast, Ione has been named one of fifteen coolest young Londoners by The Evening Standard, and a 2019 New Debutante in Tatler Magazine. 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