Emma Specter (she/they) is an author and journalist living in Los Angeles. Emma currently works as the culture writer at Vogue, where she covers film, TV, books, politics, news, and (almost) anything queer; they have previously worked at GARAGE and LAist and have freelanced for outlets including The Hairpin, Bon Appétit, them, Hollywood Reporter, and more. More, Please is her first book.
<p>Millions of us use restrictive diets, intermittent fasting, IV therapies, and Ozempic</p><p>abuse to shrink until we are sample-size acceptable. But for the 30 million Americans</p><p>who live with eating disorders, it isn’t just about less. More, Please is a chronicle of a</p><p>lifelong fixation with food—its power to soothe, to comfort, to offer a fleeting escape</p><p>from the outside world—as well as an examination of the ways in which compulsory</p><p>thinness, diet culture, and the seductive promise of “wellness” have resulted in warping</p><p>countless Americans’ relationship with healthy eating.</p><p>Melding memoir, reportage, and in-depth interviews with some of the most prominent</p><p>and knowledgeable commentators currently writing about body shape and fatness,</p><p>“emotional eating” and our disorders with food—Jennifer Weiner, Marisa Meltzer, Virgie</p><p>Tovar, Sabrina Imbler, Leslie Jamison, and others—Emma Specter explores binge-</p><p>eating disorder as both a personal problem and a societal one. In More, Please she</p><p>provides a context, a history, and a language for what it means to always want more</p><p>than you’ll allow yourself to have.</p><div><br></div>
