Brown University is offering a summer course on the "Politics of Fatness," providing students with the opportunity to explore the concept of "fatphobia." The pre-college course at the Ivy League ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The documentary Your Fat Friend, directed by Jeanie Finlay, follows fat activist, writer, and Maintenance Phase cohost Aubrey ...

An upcoming class at the University of Maryland will ask students to examine how "fatness" relates to "Blackness" and is a "social justice issue." "Intro to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness and Their ...

Brown University is offering a week-long summer course called “Politics of Fatness,” ostensibly to instruct incoming students about “fatphobia” in modern society. The university offers the pre-college ...

Every January, it seems the topics of weight and size come up over and over. New Year's resolutions to go to the gym, to eat differently, to lose weight. They're the kind of conversations that writer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For people whose clothing size lingers somewhere between straight-size and plus-size, feeling represented in stores and in media ...

Prejudice against fat people is endemic in our society and public health initiatives aimed at reducing obesity have only worsened the problem, according to a U.S. academic. In her new book Why It’s OK ...

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The knee-jerk, though, is well earned. For years, actors have donned fat suits for glory and/or laughs, the former of which Fraser received on the fall festival circuit, which included marathon ...

‘I’m not trying to be thin, I don’t ever want to be thin,’ the Grammy winner said. In response to a user who posted that their fitness journey is not about “trying to escape fatness,” the Grammy ...