Show Notes
With International No Diet Day upon us this week, we are discussing the ways the media have diluted the meaning of this day and used it to reinforce anti-fat bias and the idea that not dieting is unhealthy. This conversation leads us on to the ways in which the body-positive movement has strayed far away from the fat black and queer community, their voices all too often drowned out by the swathes of white, straight-sized bodies telling us to simply love our curves.
Our culture is so focused on thinness as a measure of health without questioning where this came from. We dig a little deeper into pockets of the history of dieting and the idea that women should keep themselves small to ensure they can keep the attention of men.
Topics covered:
Anti fat bias
Diet culture
Misogyny and patriarchal beliefs
International no diet day
Body positivity
Body liberation
Marginalized bodies
Medical fatphobia
Racism and anti-blackness
Ableism and healthism
Books Mentioned
Sabrina Strings - Fearing the Black Body
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