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Fearing the Black Body The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Sabrina Strings

Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association There is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as “diseased” and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnatio...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Dr. Gladys Hill highlighted Fearing the Black Body as a sociological work that gets at the construction of beauty and racialized assumptions.

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Sabrina Strings ... has a book called Fearing the Black Body that actually gets at some of what we're talking about the construction of beauty, how we have defined beauty to be antithetical to whateve...

— Episode: Your Success Probably Didn’t Come From M...

Episode: Your Success Probably Didn’t Come From Merit Alone

Dr. Gladys Hill highlighted Fearing the Black Body as a sociological work that gets at the construction of beauty and racialized assumptions.

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Sabrina Strings ... has a book called Fearing the Black Body that actually gets at some of what we're talking about the construction of beauty, how we have defined beauty to be antithetical to whatever our racialized assumptions were of difference at any point in time in history.

Episode: Your Success Probably Didn’t Come From Merit Alone

It was highlighted as a sociological work that examines how beauty standards intersect with racialized assumptions across history.

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Sabrina Strings is a sociologist and she has a book called Fearing the Black Body that actually gets at some of what we're talking about the construction of beauty, how we have defined beauty to be antithetical to whatever our racialized assumptions were of difference at any point in time in history.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

This book delves into the racial roots of anti-fat bias, tracing the phenomenon back to the end of slavery in the United States.

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Yes, by Sabrina Strings, yes.

— Episode: How to Stop Obsessing Over Your Body and...

Episode: How to Stop Obsessing Over Your Body and Eat Sanel...

This book delves into the racial roots of anti-fat bias, tracing the phenomenon back to the end of slavery in the United States.

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Yes, by Sabrina Strings, yes.

Episode: How to Embrace the Anti-Diet | Christy Harrison

This book was highly recommended for listeners who wanted to learn more about the racist roots of diet culture and body size ideals.

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there's a really good book about this called Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings which I definitely recommend for anyone who wants to really geek out about this subject

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