Fat women face scorn, lost career opportunities and poor health care, Jeannine Gailey's research finds. The professor of sociology at TCU sat down with host Rachel Hedstrom to discuss the word fat without the pejorative sense, what an obesity diagnosis really means, and more.

“People who are fat are socially punished for not being able to change and acquire what we’ve deemed as a socially acceptable or a normative body," Gailey said. "And this results in many fat people internalizing a message of fat hatred.”

Read the TCU Magazine story https://magazine.tcu.edu/summer-2022/jeannine-gailey-fat-shame-women/

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Amorette Hinderaker, TCU’s convener of debates and an associate professor of communication studies, talks host Rachel Hedstrom through four tips to survive an argument... and keep friends. Read the story https://magazine.tcu.edu/winter-2021/speech-debate-team-critical-thinking-skills/

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Brandon Manning is an assistant professor of Black literature and culture and a core faculty member in the Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies Department at TCU. Manning's book, set to publish early 2022, is an examination of contemporary examples of Black masculinity. "Played Out: The Race Man in 21st Century Satire" explores Black satirists creating vulnerability to highlight the inner emotional lives of Black men. Manning talks with Trisha Spence, assistant editor for TCU Magazine, about deconstructing humor and bringing lived experiences to the classroom.

Read the magazine story: https://magazine.tcu.edu/fall-2021/brandon-manning-black-masculinity/

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Jordan Jones' work is featured on the Fort Worth Lynching Tour: Honoring the Memory of Mr. Fred Rouse.

Read the story: https://magazine.tcu.edu/summer-2021/adam-mckinney-fred-rouse-fort-worth-lynching-kkk/

Learn more about Jordan Jones: https://www.jordandjones.com

Brandon Kitchin '18 talks to host Mariana Rivas '19 about the emotions he experienced while writing about Adam W. McKinney's research into a century-old lynching — and a life-changing meeting. Read his cover story: https://magazine.tcu.edu/summer-2021/adam-mckinney-fred-rouse-fort-worth-lynching-kkk/

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Ebony Rose talks to host Mariana Rivas '19 about how to facilitate opportunities for meaningful dialogue in order to support what Rose calls a more inclusive, connected and vibrant community.

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What is intersectionality? How does Beyonce represent it? What is feminism? Host Mariana Rivas '19 finds these answers and more with Lynn Hampton, assistant professor of professional practice in TCU's John V. Roach Honors College.

Read the TCU Magazine Q&A: https://magazine.tcu.edu/spring-2021/lynn-hampton-feminism-race-social-justice/

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Ashely Wellman, instructor of criminal justice at TCU, said she felt called to work with families who worried there would never be justice for their murdered loved ones. It went beyond criminal justice and Wellman found the human side of cold-case crimes. She is a public advocate for these families and advises police departments on how to better relate to grieving people who are still searching for answers. Ready the story: https://endeavors.tcu.edu/never-forgotten/

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Miriam Ezzani, assistant professor of educational leadership at TCU, learned about disproportionate rates of Black students disciplined in school districts. Teacher interactions with Black students differed down to facial expressions and word choice. She worked with school leaders to institute anti-oppressive systems, which could play a big role in addressing structural inequality, especially how it is reinforced in the educational system. Read the story: https://endeavors.tcu.edu/miriam-ezzani/

Hosted by Mariana Rivas '19

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The Donald Trump presidency kept the media on its toes with a constant deluge of information. Bob Schieffer, veteran journalist, talks to Kris Bunton, dean of TCU's Bob Schieffer College of Communication, about what may be ahead during Joe Biden's term. "We may be even more divided now than we were in 2016," said Schieffer. "It's kind of like Joe Biden has been elected president of two very different countries: one very conservative, one not so much."

Read the Q&A https://magazine.tcu.edu/spring-2021/a-qa-with-bob-schieffer/

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