Marilyn Wann
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Talks

Here are four of my talks. I adjust presentations for each audience and develop new talks for specific events. Click for descriptions...
  • The Real F-Word: Fighting Weight Bias During the 'War on Obesity'
          An interactive intro to weight diversity and Health At Every Size®.
  • Pleasure or Punishment? — Health At Every Size® vs. Weight Goals
          Reconnects people with sustainable motivation for the good life.
  • ThighDentity Politics: Fat Studies, Intersectionality & Weight Stigma
          Current academic and social justice perspectives on weight.
  • What do you YAY? — Attitudes & info for young people of all sizes
          Prepares youth of all ages to navigate weight pressures.

Talks on college campuses

  • Cal State Fresno
  • Cal State San Bernardino
  • Chico State
  • CU-Boulder
  • Dickinson College, Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues
  • Fordham College
  • Grinnell College
  • Hampshire College
  • Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
  • Lewis & Clark College
  • Montclair State University
  • Pitzer College
  • Ramapo College
  • San Francisco City College
  • Santa Clara University
  • Sierra College
  • St. Mary's College January Term Speaker Series
  • UC-Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law (Ruth Chance lecture series)
  • UCLA
  • UC-Santa Cruz (twice)
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Northern Iowa
  • University of Oklahoma (Honors College annual lecture series)
  • University of Pittsburgh (second annual size acceptance lecture)
  • UT-Austin (twice)
  • University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College, and
  • Washington State University
  • Wellesley College
  • Wilfred Laurier University
  • York College of Pennsylvania
UCLA Center for the Study of Women, annual Gender and Body Size
lecture series: "Fighting Fat Fear During the 'War on Obesity'" (2010)

Workplace trainings

  • Chevron (twice)
  • Homobiles
  • Kailo Wellness Program, Mercy Medical Center North Iowa
  • Macy's - Northern Californa (twice)
  • State Bar of California regional meeting of corporate attorneys

Workshops

PictureGirls Raks summer camp.
Yay! Scale™ DIY workshops: 
  • About Face
  • Girls Raks Bellydance and Body Image Program
  • Santa Clara University's Feminists United student group
  • University of Oklahoma
  • Wilfred Laurier University

Body painting for weight liberation workshop:
  • Abundia retreat
  • NAAFA conventions
  • NOLOSE conferences

Talks on video

Sierra College campus talk. (2010)

UC-Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, Thelton E. Henderson Center for
Social Justice
, Ruth Chance lecture (with Sondra Solovay, JD). (2010)


Sarah Lawrence college, keynote talk, 13th annual Women's History
Month conference
, "Breaking Boundaries: Body Politics & the Dynamics
of Difference." (2011)

Video of 2009 talk at Dickinson College. 

Marilyn Wann UCLA
Erasing the fat/thin divide during Speed Anthropology exercise. Photo by Kelly Varner.

Keynote talks

  • Sarah Lawrence College, Women's History department annual conference. "Breaking Boundaries: Body Politics & the Dynamics of Difference." (2011)
  • Abundia retreat (2008)
  • "Fat Is Contagious" conference (2008)
  • Columbia Teachers College, "Fat Attitudes" conference (2004)
  • Young Women's Health Day, Santa Cruz, California (2003)
  • NOLOSE conference (2002)
  • Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics SCAN conference (Sports, Cardiovascular Health & Nutrition), with Pat Lyons, RN (1999)

Conference presentations

  • A Fatty Affair (2012)
  • Legal Studies Association conference, fat legal studies panel (2011)
  • Women's Therapy Center, "On Fear of Fat: Clinical & Social Implications," (2011)
  • "Fat Politics & Sexuality: the Face of Hate," panel moderator (2010)
  • American Studies Association conference, fat studies panel (2007)
  • Popular Culture Association conference, fat studies panel (2006)
  • "Fat and The Academy" conference, Smith College (2006)
  • Association for the Study of Food & Society, fat studies panel (2005)
  • National Wellness Institute (2005)
  • UC-Berkeley Women's Right Conference (2005)
  • Fat Girl Speaks, emcee (2004)
  • LadyFest Bay Area (2002)
  • International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (~2000)
  • Diversity Day, Cal State University-San Bernadino (2000)
  • UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health "Obesity and Women: From the Bench to the Bedside and Beyond" (1999)
  • National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (several)
  • NOLOSE (several)
Picture
A 7th grade student's weight diversity poster.

Talks for youth

Marilyn Wann 7th grade talk7th grade. Photo by Dana Rosenberg.
In California:
  • Gardena High School
  • Girl Scouts of America of Santa Clara County
  • Girls For A Change, San Jose
  • Lowell High School, San Francisco
  • Maybeck High School, Berkeley
  • Oakland High School
  • San Lorenzo High School
  • Westmoor High School, Daly City
  • Windrush School, Oakland
  • Young Women's Health Conference, San Francisco

Talks in college classrooms

Megan Seely and Marilyn WannWith Megan Seely at Sierra College.
  • Cal State University-Fresno: intro to women's studies
  • Dickinson College: fat studies
  • Mills College: Sex Positive Fair
  • San Francisco City College: introduction to nutrition; psychology of food, eating, and weight
  • an Francisco State University: women and sports, women's health
  • San Jose State University, sociology

  • Santa Clara University: women's studies seminar
  • Sonoma State University
  • St. Mary's College: health psychology
  • Stanford University: eating disorders prevention; obesity and health
  • UC-Berkeley: FemSex, Berkeley NOW, 
  • UC-Santa Cruz: health policy, women's center, politics of obesity
  • University of Michigan: women's health
  • University of San Francisco: sport & the body

Talk posters & photos

Dickinson Fat!So? talk
Dickinson College talk poster. (2009)
FAT!SO? Chico State
Chico State talk poster. (2012)
Marilyn Wann NYC
"Fat Politics & Sexuality" panel, NYC (2010) Photo by Dot Goldberg.



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