resources
On this page you’ll find resources to accompany Matter of Fat’s May 25th presentation.
Click here to access our slides.
body positivity
Where are all the disabled people in the body positivity campaigns?
Rachel Cohen Rottenberg, 2017, The Body is not an Apology
Fat Acceptance Activists explain why Body Positivity is Becoming Meaningless
Evette Dionne, 2017, Revelist
The Fragility of Body Positivity: How a Radical Movement Lost Its Way
Evette Dionne, 2017, Bitch
Super Fat Erasure: 4 Ways Smaller Fat Bodies Crowd the Conversation
Caleb Luna, 2019, TBINAA
11 Influencers Discuss The Difference Between Body Positivity and Fat Acceptance
Marie Southard Ospina, 2016, Bustle
How Body Positivity Lost it True and Radical Meaning
Bethany Rutter, 2017, DAZED
3 Things We Grieve When We Become Body Positive
Virgie Tovar, 2020
Dear Virgie: Should We Stop Using Words Like “Thin” and “Fat”?
Virgie Tovar, 2017
Pure Evil: The Entwined History of White Supremacy and Fat Hatred
Shannon Weber, 2017
Image of episode cover. The top is a colorful design in with abstract shapes, MoF logos, and the cartoon venuses from the MoF logo. Below it, the Matter of Fat logo is at the bottom left atop a dark purple rectangle. To the middle/right “body positivity” appears (this minisode’s title).
fatphobia
Image of episode cover. The top is a colorful design in with abstract shapes, MoF logos, and the cartoon venuses from the MoF logo. Below it, the Matter of Fat logo is at the bottom left atop a periwinkle rectangle. To the middle/right “fatphobia” appears (this minisode’s title).
Where does Fatphobia Come from? - Heather Ashbach in conversation with Sabrina Strings, 2019, University of California
6 Things That I Understand About the Fat Acceptance Movement - Jes Baker, 2016, Huffington Post
Thicc not Sick - Samantha Bee, 2019, Full Frontal
6 Tools For Understanding and Dismantling Weight Stigma and Fatphobia - Gillian Brown, 2016, The Body is Not an Apology
Why Fat Humanity Should Not Be Governed By F*ckability - Sherronda J. Brown, 2017, Wear Your Voice Mag
I’m Fat - Only 15.6% of Hiring Managers Would Consider Hiring Me - Hannah Clark, Medium
Avoiding Fatphobia and Sizeism in Healthcare - It Gets Fatter Project
Sized Up: Why Fat Is A Queer and Feminist Issue - Anna Mallow, 2013, Bitch Magazine
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia - Sabrina Strings, 2019
Fatphobia: A Guide for the Disbeliever - Kitty Stryker, 2017, Huffington Post
Fatphobia: 5 Facts and a Guide for the Disbeliever - Kitty Stryker, 2014, Everyday Feminism
Dear Virgie: Why are People So Mean to Fat People? - Virgie Tovar, 2017
Misclassification of Cardiometabolic Health When Using Body Mass Index Categories in NHANES 2005-2012 - Tomiyama, A.J., Hunger, J.M., Nguyen-Cuu, J., & Wells, C. 2016.
Pure Evil: The Entwined History of White Supremacy and Fat Hatred - Shannon Weber, 2017, B*tch Magazine
Why Fatphobia has a Negative Impact on our Society - Taylor Wolfram, 2018 WellSeek
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat - Aubrey Gordon
fat liberation
Why Fat Humanity Should Not Be Governed By F*ckability - Sherronda J. Brown, 2017, Wear Your Voice Mag
Where are all the disabled people in the body positivity campaigns? - Rachel Cohen Rottenberg, 2017, The Body is not an Apology (TBINAA)
4 Reasons Why We Need Fat Liberation - Laurel Dickman, 2016, Wear Your Voice Mag
Fat Acceptance Activists explain why Body Positivity is Becoming Meaningless - Evette Dionne, 2017, Revelist
The Fragility of Body Positivity: How a Radical Movement Lost Its Way - Evette Dionne, 2017, B*tch
Here’s what fat acceptance is and isn’t - Evette Dionne, 2019, Yes!
Life in the Fat Underground - Sara Golda Bracha Fishman, 1998
Uncovering the History of Fat Acceptance: Lew Louderback’s 1967 Article - Dagny Kight, 2014
Super Fat Erasure: 4 Ways Smaller Fat Bodies Crowd the Conversation - Caleb Luna, 2019, TBINAA
Sized Up: Why Fat Is A Queer and Feminist Issue - Anna Mollow, 2013, Bitch
How Body Positivity Lost it True and Radical Meaning - Bethany Rutter, 2017, DAZED
Fat as a Feminist Issue: A History by Zora Simic
In Fat Sex: New Directions in Theory and Activism By Helen Hester, Caroline Walters, 2016
The Feminist History of Fat Liberation - Sarah Simon, 2017, Ms. Magazine
11 Influencers Discuss The Difference Between Body Positivity and Fat Acceptance - Marie Southard Ospina, 2016, Bustle
Dear Virgie: Is There Room For Women Of Color in the Fat Movement - Virgie Tovar, 2016, Wear Your Voice Mag
Do 95% of Dieters Really Fail? - Ragen Chastain, 2011, Dances with Fat
The US Weight Loss & Diet Control Market Report - Marketdata LLC, 2019
Image of episode cover. The top is a colorful design in with abstract shapes, MoF logos, and the cartoon venuses from the MoF logo. Below it, the Matter of Fat logo is at the bottom left atop a goldenrod rectangle. To the middle/right “fat liberation” appears (this minisode’s title).
diet culture
Image of episode cover. The top is a colorful design in with abstract shapes, MoF logos, and the cartoon venuses from the MoF logo, and plates and scales (to align with the topic). Below it, the Matter of Fat logo is at the bottom left atop a teal rectangle. To the middle/right “diet culture” appears (this minisode’s title).
Recognizing and Resisting Diet Culture
Ragen Chastain, 2019, NEDA
The new WW is about wellness. Critics say is Diet Culture in disguise.
Allyson Chiu, 2018, The Washington Post
Watching Our Weight Could Be Killing Us
Virginia Heffernan, 2019, WIRED
Embodied: Deconstructing Diet Culture and the Science Behind It
Josie Taris & Anita Rao, 2019, WUNC
Diets Are a Lot Like Religion
Melissa Dahl, 2015, The Cut
What is Diet Culture? + The Life Thief
Christy Harrison
The Long, Strange History of Dieting Fads
Melissa Wdowik, 2017, The Conversation
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat - Aubrey Gordon
Jessica Wilson, MS. RD.She/Her
Dietitian.Consultant.Activist. @jessicawilson.msrd
HAES - Health at Every Size Info: HAES Community website , HAES Manifesto excerpt from Health at Every Size by Dr. Lindo Bacon , HAES Principles from ASDAH