I'm so grateful to the engagement with the sources last week, you're all awesome!
In part one, the pieces were more identity focused, today I'm posting for specific facets of fatphobia that may be of interest.
As a reminder, these fall in the area of Fat Studies and there's some norms you should be aware of:
- "fat" is taken as a neutral descriptor, think of it as reclaiming the word.
- "obese" arbitrarily medicalises fatness and Others fat people
On capitalism and food
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kuqdcayyxt0ifax/Between%20Obesity%20and%20Hunger.pdf?dl=0
On fat and gender
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ir5f7nyn5a5y180/part-time%20fatso.pdf?dl=0
On fat representation in the media
https://www.vulture.com/2018/07/guy-branum-wants-to-see-more-real-fat-people-on-tv.html
On the "Health at Every Size" movement
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ybfbkqak4wtu3wp/What%20is%20%22Health%20at%20Every%20Size%22%3F.pdf?dl=0
:sankara-salute:
I remember growing up, when both my parents were working full time, we rarely had home cooked meals. Frozen pizza, Mac and cheese, McDonald’s etc. We were on free/reduced lunch program in middle school. All that bullshit processed stuff turned me and all my brothers chubby, and definitely contributed to the body dysphoria I still experience today.
Same for me. I didn't start feeling good about my body until I was no longer relying on my parents for food.