Early in the pandemic, weight was named a risk factor for severe covid-19. But what if the greater risk is poor medical treatment for fat people? This week, On the Media dives into the fictions, feelings, and fraught history of fat. Including how sugar and the slave trade laid the groundwork for American beauty standards. …Sabrina Strings [@SaStrings], sociologist [Chancellor’s Fellow and assistant professor] at the University of California, Irvine, on how European attitudes about fat dramatically changed in the 18th century. and set the standards Americans still see today.

Listen in: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-the-f-word.