Variant cover
Variant cover
- July 20, 2022
- Sabrina Strings, sociology, The Washington Post (TikTok), July 20, 2022 (Video)
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In the first episode of “Variant Cover,” our new biweekly series on identity and comic book culture, fans and experts break down the backlash to Thor’s fat suit, the origin of most superheroes’ body types and of fatphobic ideas, and their impact on and off the screen. Featured: Sabrina Stings, UCI sociology associate professor.
Watch: https://www.tiktok.com/@washingtonpost/video/7122572990767910190?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1
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