Julia Hark is a recent graduate of Tulane University where she obtained her BA with honors in Gender & Sexuality Studies with minors in Psychology and Classics. Her honors thesis, “Diet Culture and the Beauty Industry: A Contemporary Manifestation of the American Freakshow,” explores how the freakshow still exists in today’s diet culture. She plans to continue living in New Orleans working as the Communications Manager for a nonprofit called Kallion  before attending grad school. Visit Kallion: http://kallion.org/