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Facing fat hatred

Why do fat people experience so much hatred?

Does it feel uncomfortable calling someone fat because we think there is something bad about fatness? And if so - does that come from a concern about health, or is it something more insidious? Emily Thomas examines how society sees fatness - exploring the idea that we live in an inherently fat-phobic world. We hear from those who say viewing fatness as a health problem alone, obscures some uncomfortable truths about poverty, racism, misogyny and ourselves. What would a less fat-phobic world look like?
(Picture: woman sitting on sofa. Credit: Getty Images/成人快手)

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Contributors:

Esther D. Rothblum, professor of women's studies, San Diego State University
Sonya Renee Taylor, founder, The Body is Not An Apology
Sabrina Strings, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine
Sigr煤n Dan铆elsd贸ttir, project manager for mental health promotion, Iceland Directorate of Health

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