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Fatphobia and Diet Culture

Episode Summary

Emily sits down with Genevieve Gates to talk about the topics surrounding Fatphobia and Diet Culture.

Episode Notes

Genevieve's Resources:

Important Terms Regarding this Conversation:

Fatphobia

Typically defined as “the fear of fatness”. This also encompasses the systemic oppression an anti-fat bias that many people experience culturally. Here is a super interesting article about how fatphobia as a term also doesn’t full encompass the issue.

Sizeism

The discrimination or prejudice directed against people because of their size and especially because of their weight.

Body Policing

The informal practice of policing one's physical appearance because it does not conform to social norms

Books:

Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook For Unapologetic Living by Jes Baker

Fearing The Black Body: The Racial Origins Of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

You Have The Right To Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar

Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon

The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

Big Girl by Kelsey Miller

Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce