Greedy Guts: Notes from an Insatiable Woman

*This is NOT a comic! But the author also makes zines! 

By Gina Tonic. Published by Coronet. 

Hardcover, 224 pages, Prose, 2025. 

'A must-read memoir... Her laugh-out-loud writing has guided a generation of readers towards body confidence' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

'Charming, radical, funny and intimate' BETHANY RUTTER

'Savvy, hilarious and straight to the point' ALICE SLATER

'Greedy Guts is a revelation - it's a book that'll make you laugh and cry in equal measure' IONE GAMBLE

'I love this book so much; it's so funny and honest in a way that's really going to kick people in the teeth' SAMANTHA IRBY

Nobody talks about the nuances of life as a fat woman. To navigate friendship, careers, sex and chairs with handles in a body bigger than those around you. Growing up chronically online in the depths of South Wales, Gina Tonic was raised in one of the most unforgiving times to be a girl: the early 2000s. Grappling with the era's body shaming and blatant sexism while dealing with a growing body of her own, Gina had to learn to navigate a world where internet trolls were a given, fancying her was declared a fetish and starving herself was actively encouraged by her GP. As she grew a little older and wider, Gina started to embrace her fatness. With candour, heart and humour, she invites us to rethink beauty standards, fatphobic culture - and ourselves - and shows how fat and female liberation go hand in hand. Exploring sexuality and relationships, appetite and indulgence, this is an empowering ode to living a life without sacrificing a single ounce of pleasure.   

Gina Tonic is a culture and sex writer from South Wales who has been named 'the writer and editor empowering a generation of fat babes' by Dazed Beauty. With bylines in Vice, Refinery29 and more, in 2020 Gina founded her fat liberation publication, The Fat Zine. Holding the role of senior editor at intersectional feminist publication Polyester, Gina commissions weekly written content and has interviewed the likes of Gemma Collins, Juno Birch, CupCakKe, Chloe Cherry, Chappell Roan and more. Greedy Guts is her first book.