Key Resources
Resources to Unlearn, Rethink & Refocus
Below is a summary list of resources for a deeper dive into our topics. Many of these are also referenced elsewhere on the website, but they are listed here in one place for your convenience.
ARTICLES
- Hunger, J.M., Smith, J.P. and Tomiyama, A.J. (2020), An Evidence-Based Rationale for Adopting Weight-Inclusive Health Policy. Social Issues and Policy Review, 14: 73-107.
- Pausé, C. (2017). Borderline: The Ethics of Fat Stigma in Public Health. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 45(4), 510–517.
BOOKS
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat
by Aubrey Gordon (2020).
“You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People
by Aubrey Gordon (2023).
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
by Sabrina Strings (2019).
Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation
by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant (2022).
Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own
by Joy Arlene Renee Cox, PhD (2020).
Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
by Christy Harrison (2019).
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
by Da’Shaun L. Harrison (2021).
PODCASTS
Maintenance Phase with Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes
Debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.
Unpacking Weight Science with Fiona Willer
Learn how to interpret weight-centric research for yourself and bust myths about body weight and health.
The Body Trust Podcast
A podcast about collective healing and the radical journey of body reclamation in a culture of anti-fatness, weight stigma, disordered eating and other traumas.
WEBINARS & OTHER MEDIA
Webinar: Unlearning Fat Phobia: Moving Toward Fat Liberation in Public Health from University of Illinois Chicago’s Radical Public Health (2021)
Panelists shared their experience and knowledge of the historical relationship between weight, health, and medical care; fat phobia within academic and public health; and connections between race, gender and body size. Panelists: Marquisele (Mikey) Mercedes (she/her), writer and doctoral student from the Bronx, New York; Monica Kriete, MPH (she/her), researcher and writer; and Harriet Brown (she/her), Professor of Magazine, News, and Digital Journalism at Syracuse University.
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW
- Marquisele Mercedes (@fatmarquisele)
- Monica Kriete (@fattymph)
- Da’Shaun L. Harrison (@dashaunlh)
- Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend)
- Ragen Chastain (@ragenchastain)
- Medical Students for Size Inclusivity (@sizeinclusivemedicine)
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Being a part of the Fat Justice Journal Club has shown me that fat justice is an important and underrepresented component of social justice. As students of public health, we need to be aware of how fat stigma creates health inequities and how body liberation can help reduce those inequities.”
—Jessica Kilinski, MPH Student