Welcome my lovely listeners to the second part of my mini-series based on bell hook’s cult classic: all about love: new visions (2000). This week I am exploring the topic of bodies: body image, anti-fatness, and the politics of desirability from my own experience while also citing the works of foundational and prolific scholars within the movement. I want to preface that I went back and forth on this as I am being my most raw self on a topic that honestly I was scared to confront. I hope that you all find courage, strength, and grace on your own journeys with your bodies and know that you are always welcome in this space.

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Please check out all the sources below and support their brilliant minds:

Sources:

“Body Image” via Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/body-image

“I’m a Fat Activist. I Don’t Use the Word Fatphobia. Here’s Why” (2021) via Self

https://www.self.com/story/fat-activist-fatphobia

“Desirability: Do You Really Love Fat People When You Can’t Even See Us Beyond the Political?” (2019) by Da’Shaun L. Harrison

https://dashaunharrison.com/desirability-do-you-really-love-fat-people-when-you-cant-even-see-us-beyond-the-political/

“To Love and Be Loved from the Fat Perspective” (2020) by Da’Shaun L. Harrison

https://dashaunharrison.com/to-love-and-be-loved-from-the-fat-perspective/

Fundamental Reading(s):

all about love: new visions (2000) by bell hooks

https://bellhooksbooks.com/product/all-about-love/

Belly of the Beast: THE POLITICS OF ANTI-FATNESS AS ANTI-BLACKNESS (2021)

by Da’Shaun L. Harrison; Foreword by Kiese Laymon

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670607/belly-of-the-beast-by-dashaun-harrison/

THICK: And Other Essays (2019) by Tressie McMillan Cottom

https://thenewpress.com/books/thick

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (2018) by Sonya Renee Taylor

https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/shop-latest/