A professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse argued in a blog post this week that it is “fatphobic” to encourage people to eat healthy foods and avoid weight gain during the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Two professors at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse are leading the charge to promote “fat studies,” a recently established micro-discipline that argues that society oppresses obese people.
Sonalee Rashatwar, who calls herself the “Fat Sex Therapist,” compared fitness trainers to Nazis during a speech at St. Olaf’s College last week.
Oregon State University is offering an undergraduate certificate and graduate minor for a program called “Food in Culture and Social Justice.” The programs are designed to help students “evaluate the role of food in the construction of identity.”
The United Kingdom has banned an advertisement featuring a thin model after some viewers called it “socially irresponsible.”
British fitness expert and television presenter Davina McCall says that she has banned scales from her home to promote body positivity.
Medical research from the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests that the normalization of “plus-size” bodies has led to an increased risk of obesity.
A professor at Temple University argued in a recent book that “weight loss” and high “athletic performance” are “Western values.”
A new program in the United Kingdom seeks to ban advertisements featuring thin women.
Self-identifying “woman of size” Jana Schmieding says she experienced “size-based discrimination” at Universal Studios when she was told that she was too large to fit on the Harry Potter ride.
A professor at Gulf Coast State College has proposed the idea of a fat people’s Olympic games to fight body shaming.
A column in the Guardian this week argues that the fat acceptance movement is wrong to celebrate obesity.
The University of Denver hosted obesity acceptance speaker Virgie Tovar on Tuesday evening who discussed America’s “war against fat people.”
Radical activist Virgie Tovar is scheduled to speak at Yale University on Thursday evening. Tovar is best known for promoting a brand of body nihilism that encourages women to not care about their weight, no matter how large they are.
An article published on health information site Heathline this month argues that doctors discriminate against their overweight patients.
A column in the Washington Post this week argues that American spin classes are filled with too many white and thin participants.
A column in The Guardian this week argues that a new exercise tracking product aimed at children may lead to unhealthy attitudes about exercise and fitness and is a “fat-shaming toy.”
Binghamton University in New York is set to host an event on Monday that aims to celebrate “body positivity” for students struggling with body image issues. The event, a “respect rave,” will invite students to celebrate the diversity of their body sizes by dancing into the night with the peers.
Fitness expert Derek Bees argued in a column this week that the “fat acceptance” movement is causing some Americans to give up on life-saving exercise.
The University of Vermont hosted an event featuring “fat sex therapist” Sonalee Rashatwar last week.
Colorado State University hosted a “Body Acceptance” workshop week to help students rid themselves of “fatphobia.”
Sofie Hagen, a comedian based in London, lost her cool on Twitter this week over a cancer research organization’s ad that highlighted the link between cancer and obesity.
The prestigious Johns Hopkins University hosted Health at Every Size author Linda Bacon on Wednesday evening.
Princeton University is set to host a “fat positive dinner” in February for students who self-identify as “fat.”
Colleges around the country are quietly dropping their “Fat Studies” courses, according to a report by Campus Reform.
A professor at York University in Toronto, Canada, argues in a recent academic journal article on “fat queer art” that large stomachs are “glorious.”
Heather Brown, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, argues in a recently published journal article that small classroom furniture poses an obstacle to the academic achievement of overweight female students.
A course being offered at Princeton University this fall seeks to combat “fat phobia” through dance and performance art.
A course entitled “Fat Studies” at Oregon State University argues that “weightism” is a civil rights issue, making it harder for overweight Americans to get ahead.
Fat people are disgusting. And, worse, they’re such babies, always coming up with bullshit excuses about their big bones, hormonal problems, slow metabolisms, the “wrong gut bacteria” or, most sickeningly, their feelings. Sorry, landwhales, but no amount of whinging about your
