ThighDentity Politics: Fat Studies, Intersectionality & Weight Stigma

This talk raises audience awareness with a review of data about the prevalence of weight bias and discrimination and a discussion of their disproportionate impact on women, people of color, older people, people with disabilities, and other groups that already face systemic disadvantage. Marilyn discusses how weight stigma interacts with people's experience of gender, race, sexuality, and other identities and how the interdisciplinary field of fat studies offers a useful new angle on systems of oppression related to embodiment.

Participants report an increased consciousness of weight stigma that they find useful and meaningful, both personally and academically. Many express interest in the interdisciplinary field of fat studies. For more information, contact Marilyn directly.

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