Facing fat hatred
Facing fat hatred
- October 8, 2020
- Sabrina Strings, sociology, BBC – The Food Chain, Oct. 8, 2020 (Audio)
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Emily Thomas examines how society sees fatness - exploring the idea that we live in an inherently fat-phobic world. We hear from those who say viewing fatness as a health problem alone, obscures some uncomfortable truths about poverty, racism, misogyny and ourselves. What would a less fat-phobic world look like and how could we get there? Contributors: … Sabrina Strings, UCI associate professor of sociology …. [starts 13:15].
For the full story, please visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjqh.
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