“Belly of the Beast” Excerpt: The War on Drugs and the War on Obesity
The following is an excerpt from a chapter of Da'Shaun Harrison's forthcoming book, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness. In August 2004, during a news conference with widespread coverage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
With Reclaim U.G.L.Y., Vanessa Rochelle Lewis Is Imagining A Better World For Us All
Like so many Black queers and feminists before her, through Reclaim U.G.L.Y., Vanessa is doing the difficult labor of building towards a new world where we all can thrive. By Caleb Luna Vanessa Rochelle Lewis, in the genealogy of so many Black
The Capitalistic Work Ethic Fallacy Creates Space For Anti-Fatness and Biphobia
The Protestant Work Ethic mythos and its presumed moral superiority have taught us that discipline should be projected onto everything, including bodies and sexualities. By Maz Hedgehog One of the core myths of Anglo-American capitalism is the Protestant Work Ethic. The belief
Lizzo’s Body Is Not A Political Battlefront
White women crying in "disappointment" about Lizzo is nothing short of their belief that fat Black women should always tend to their wounds coming to the surface. CW: diet talk By Rasheed Ajamu "Body Positivity" icon Lizzo recently decided to partake in a
When ‘Moti’ And Unmarriageable Is All That You Are In South Asian Culture
The importance that South Asian culture places on marriage as an "achievement" for women convinced me that being Moti meant I was unworthy of being loved and desired. By Zahra Haider CW: Fatphobia, weight, misogyny, self-harm, disordered eating Shaadi and Moti are two