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How is fat identity and fat stigma related to social inequality? Fat Theory Book Book Club is hosted by scholar and activist, Amanda Levitt. We record on IG Live the second Friday of every month. Join us on December 10th, with Marilyn Wann as we discuss her book Fat! So? Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size and Revolting Bodies? The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity by Kathleen LeBesco. Follow Amanda Levitt to listen live and get book updates - Instagram @whimsicalfemme. Twitter / TikTok @fatbodypolitics
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I speak with Da'Shaun Harrison about their book, “Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness.”
Fat Theory Book Club episode 8 with Dianna E. Anderson. We talk about Dianna’s book, “In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies.”
Fat Theory Book Club episode 7 with Andrea Nevins, PhD, MFA. We talk about Andrea’s book, “The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies.”
Fat Theory Book Club episode 6 with Rawiyah Tariq. We talk about anti-blackness, fatness, healing, and confronting fat phobia. We also discuss “Fearing the Black Body- The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia” by Sabrina Strings, PhD.
Fat Theory Book Club episode 5 with Kytara Epps, Aruna Zehra, and Linda Dianne. We talk about being organizers who center Black, Indigenous, People of Color, disabled, supersized, trans, and queer fat folks. We also discuss “All About Love: New visions” by bell hooks.
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