Fat Theory Book Club

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Amanda Levitt

10 episodes

6 days ago

How is fat identity and fat stigma related to social inequality? Fat Theory Book Book Club is hosted by scholar and activist, Amanda Levitt. We record on IG Live the second Friday of every month. Join us on December 10th, with Marilyn Wann as we discuss her book Fat! So? Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size and Revolting Bodies? The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity by Kathleen LeBesco. Follow Amanda Levitt to listen live and get book updates - Instagram @whimsicalfemme. Twitter / TikTok @fatbodypolitics

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Episodes (10/10)

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 9 with Da'Shaun Harrison

I speak with Da'Shaun Harrison about their book, “Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness.”

2 years ago

1 hour 19 minutes 28 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 8 with Dianna E. Anderson

Fat Theory Book Club episode 8 with Dianna E. Anderson. We talk about Dianna’s book, “In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies.”

3 years ago

1 hour 32 minutes 45 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 7 with Andrea Nevins

Fat Theory Book Club episode 7 with Andrea Nevins, PhD, MFA. We talk about Andrea’s book, “The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies.”

3 years ago

1 hour 9 minutes 34 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 6 with Rawiyah Tariq

Fat Theory Book Club episode 6 with Rawiyah Tariq. We talk about anti-blackness, fatness, healing, and confronting fat phobia. We also discuss “Fearing the Black Body- The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia” by Sabrina Strings, PhD.

3 years ago

1 hour 29 minutes 19 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 5 - Abundant Bodies

Fat Theory Book Club episode 5 with Kytara Epps, Aruna Zehra, and Linda Dianne. We talk about being organizers who center Black, Indigenous, People of Color, disabled, supersized, trans, and queer fat folks. We also discuss “All About Love: New visions” by bell hooks.

3 years ago

1 hour 13 minutes 25 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

This podcast is in mourning

Hey all. I had a sudden loss this past weekend and I am finally admitting that I need some time to mourn. The episode will be posted next Monday. Our next book will be Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings. 💜

3 years ago

1 minute 4 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 4 with Caleb Luna

Fat Theory Book Club Episode 4 with Caleb Luna. Caleb is an artist, public scholar and theorist of the body. They are a PhD Candidate in Performance Studies at the University at California at Berkley. They are also a co-host of the podcast Unsolicited - Fatties talk back. We discuss their new book of poetry titled REVENGE BODY. You can follow them at @chairbreaker on Instagram. You can purchase a copy at nomadicpress.org.

3 years ago

1 hour 45 minutes 40 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 3 with Laura Luna P

Fat Theory Book Club episode 3 with Laura Luna P, a queer, fat, mestiza femme over 40 living and loving in Tongva land (LA). You can find her online at @laura_luna and you can shop sustainably at her vintage & contemporary resale shoppe @shopxolauraluna. We talk about being fat femmes, fat femme community and fat resilience. We also discuss Nicole Byer's book #VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE: The Fat Girl's Guide to Being #Brave and Not a Dejected, Melancholy, Down-in-the-Dumps Weeping Fat Girl in a Bikini.

3 years ago

1 hour 9 minutes 9 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 2 with Marilyn Wann

Fat Theory Book Club episode 2 with Marilyn Wann, Fat National Treasure and author of Fat!So? We talk about fat essentialism and Kathleen LeBesco’s book Revolting Bodies.

3 years ago

1 hour 34 minutes 47 seconds

Fat Theory Book Club

Episode 1 with Tigress Osborn

Fat Theory Book Club episode 1 with Tigress Osborn the chair of the board at NAAFA, The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. We talk about the history of fat liberation and it’s roots with other social movements in the US. Future episodes will be closer to an hour.

4 years ago

1 hour 40 minutes 6 seconds