Rachel M. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Comics, Graphic Novels, and Sequential Arts at Teesside University. She is an interdisciplinary artist/researcher whose work blurs the boundaries between traditional media, technology, and bio-fabrication.

"Shrink is such an important graphic novel on a very important subject--fat discrimination-- which is endemic in healthcare and embedded at a policy level. This moving story highlights (with references!) the physical and psychological cost that may be incurred by attempting to adhere to societal and medical norms. I wish I could give a copy of Rachel Thomas's book to every healthcare student in the land."

--Ian Williams, author of The Bad Doctor

"A compelling, thoughtful and personal account of navigating a fatphobic society."

--Rosie Nelson The Conversation

"Nuanced and vulnerable, this succeeds as both a body-politics primer and a personal story of the rocky path to self-acceptance."

--Publishers Weekly

"Challenges readers to confront their personal biases, as [Thomas] has done on her own, and brings light to the lived experience of fat people weary of receiving unsolicited advice."

--Vi Kwartler Booklist