One of Choice's Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates, 2010-2011 A
necessary cultural and historical discussion on the stigma of fatness To be fat hasn't always …

According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a
modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there …

From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an
explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people. Anti-fatness is …

The modern struggle against fat cuts deeply and pervasively into American culture. Dieting,
weight consciousness, and widespread hostility toward obesity form one of the fundamental …

In recent decades, America has been waging a veritable war on fat in which not just public
health authorities, but every sector of society is engaged in constant" fat talk" aimed at …

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that fat* people do more poorly in American society
than average (I). In this commentary, we argue that an important part of the poor social status …

Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in
Psychology Winner of the 2010 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in …

We are in constant dialogue with fat. We consider where our fat lives on our bodies—how to
grow it, contain it, remove it, and prevent it. We check fat grams and make choices about …

" This is an exceptional collection—the subject is of obvious importance, yet terribly
undertheorized and unexamined. I know of no other work that offers what this collection …

Fat studies is a field of scholarship that critically examines societal attitudes about body
weight and appearance, and that advocates equality for all people with respect to body size …