fatphobia
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Dialogue and Opinion
The Aesthetic of Health
Picture the average pilates-goer: she’s clad in Lululemon and deeply concerned with her gut microbiome, she eats enough vitamin supplements…
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Campus Life
The Intersection of Fatness and the Healthcare System
Image Description: A blue and silver stethoscope lying on what appears to be a medical chart. The contents of the…
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Dialogue and Opinion
The Danger of Fitness Influencers
Since the gym is typically associated with intimidating weight rooms full of buff finance bros, seeing a fearless woman taking…
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Dialogue and Opinion
A Diet By Any Other Name
Design by Nicole Nobre What do you think of when you hear the word ‘diet’? While the term might have…
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Dialogue and Opinion
Fighting Fatphobia: A Feminist Take on Weight
Diets are replaced by detoxes or lifestyle changes; instead of weigh-in meetings, WW customers now attend “Wellness Workshops.” But underneath…
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Entertainment
Superheroes Should Come In All Sizes, Not Just in ‘Thin Straight Male’
By having superheroes be depicted with highly unrealistic but conventionally attractive bodies, fatness is presented as antithetical to the very…
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Campus Life
CAC Art Series Presents: Taking Up Space
During Week 6, UCLA’s Cultural Affairs Commission will present “Taking Up Space,” an Art Series exhibit featuring fat-identifying individuals and…
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Arts and Creative
Event Review: Roxane Gay Reading of “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body”
Roxane Gay is one of the most important authors alive today. She is the brilliant, unapologetic author of “Bad Feminist,”…
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Entertainment
Fatphobia and Gender Politics Behind Androgyny in Fashion
To “pull off” gender ambiguity by fashion’s standards, one must do so in a very particular way. The first step…
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Feminism 101
Feminism 101: What is Fatphobia?
Why is the Fat Acceptance Movement, which is defined as the social movement seeking to change anti-fat bias in social…
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