Poor Little Sick Girls

'Incredible insight with a transgressive, witty, spirit.' Courtney Love'The most sensational read of 2022!' Gemma Collins'A breath of fresh air... I want so many people to read this!' Travis Alabanza'Visionary' Viv AlbertineA STYLIST MUST-READ FOR 2022Wellness is oppressive, self-love is a trap, hustling is a health risk and it's all the patriarchy's fault. Poor Little Sick Girls is THE book for femmes who are online and want more from activism and life.Ione Gamble never imagined that entering adulthood would mean hospital trips, medication choices and throwing up in public. Diagnosed with an incurable illness two weeks after her nineteenth birthday, as the world became obsessed with Girlboss feminism, she came to grips with spending twenty hours a day in bed.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, Poor Little Sick Girls 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.Founder 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. If you love Trick Mirror, Feminists Don't Wear Pink and Hood Feminism, you don't want to miss this book. What people are saying about Poor Little Sick Girls:'A sizzling insight... Ione writes with warmth, honesty and nuance, inviting the reader into a conversation that has, up until now, been afforded little space for exploration.' Liv Little'I inhaled Poor Little Sick Girls in one sitting. This book is smart, addictive, wry and insightful... This is the anti-girlboss Bible and I love it.' Daisy Jones'A thrilling exploration of the relationships between bodies, abstract forces like language and stereotypes, and the material conditions that shape young adults' lives.' Tavi Gevinson'A style icon and writer who seamlessly blends the esoteric and the obscure with popular culture as well as a commitment to many forms of social justice.' Emma Dabiri'Everyone - and I mean everyone - should read this book.' Yomi Adegoke'A defining voice of our generation.' Cat White'One of the sharpest, wittiest and most incisive thinkers of her generation.' Sirin Kale'Complicated and honest, bold and tender - Poor Little Sick Girls interrogates the problems people like to pretend aren't there. Essential reading.' Annie Lord'Captivating, challenging and ultimately, hopeful. A must-read for anyone who has ever felt left behind.' Laura Kay'Ione speaks from the heart with a burning passion, razor-sharp wit and a seemingly endless pool of cultural references. Astute and honest - Ione Gamble is the moment.' Honey Ross'Illuminating and vulnerable... This is a book we can all take something from.' Abigail Bergstrom'I loved this book so much - engaging, passionate collection of essays about chronic illness, feminism, social media, class and creative industries.' Hannah Ewens