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Fatphobia as Misogynoir: Gender, Race, and Weight Stigma

Marcel and Josephine Patterson Memorial Lecture in the Medical Humanities

Fatphobia as Misogynoir:
Gender, Race, and Weight Stigma

 

Sabrina Strings, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
and Chancellor’s Fellow
University of California, Irvine

Thursday, May 12, 2022
12:00 Noon

In this presentation, I will highlight the troubled past (and present) of fat stigma. 
While many believe that fatphobia is a relatively recent invention, I will underscore 
the centrality of slavery and race science in its perpetuation throughout the western 
world. I will explain how the medical field took up the mantle of anti-fatness as a 
result of social and cultural shifts in thinking about race and feminine propriety in the 
early 20th century. I will conclude with an examination of the scientific bases of the 
so called "obesity epidemic." The presentation will be followed by a short Q&A.

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