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In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon (aka Your Fat Friend) confronts the cultural attitudes and social systems that deny fat people basic needs and civility. Each chapter takes up a different cultural bias or myth, from the obesity epidemic to the diet industry to concern over others’ health.
Summary of the book (7:58)
Our key takeaways (11:16)
Our favorite quotes (37:48)
What questions do we still have? (1:00:53)
References: Aidy Bryant’s interview with Terry Gross, Shrill, Mean Girls Scene, Obligatory 30 Rock reference about push-ups
What to check out next: Kate suggests Maintenance Phase (podcast) and Mollie suggests Fat yogi Living with Tiffany Croww (videos) and Jessamyn Stanley yoga videos
Music by Waterboi via Pixabay
By Mollie Fox & Kate Kiriakou4.8
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In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon (aka Your Fat Friend) confronts the cultural attitudes and social systems that deny fat people basic needs and civility. Each chapter takes up a different cultural bias or myth, from the obesity epidemic to the diet industry to concern over others’ health.
Summary of the book (7:58)
Our key takeaways (11:16)
Our favorite quotes (37:48)
What questions do we still have? (1:00:53)
References: Aidy Bryant’s interview with Terry Gross, Shrill, Mean Girls Scene, Obligatory 30 Rock reference about push-ups
What to check out next: Kate suggests Maintenance Phase (podcast) and Mollie suggests Fat yogi Living with Tiffany Croww (videos) and Jessamyn Stanley yoga videos
Music by Waterboi via Pixabay