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Fat Girls in Black Bodies Creating Communities of Our Own
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Fat Girls in Black Bodies Creating Communities of Our Own

Fat Girls in Black Bodies Creating Communities of Our Own

by Joy Arlene Renee Cox, Ph.D.

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ISBN

9781623174996

Published

2020

Pages

192

Publisher

North Atlantic Books

About This Book

Combatting fatphobia and racism to reclaim a space for womxn at the intersection of fat and Black

To be a womxn living in a body at the intersection of fat and Black is to be on the margins. From concern-trolling--"I just want you to be healthy"--to outright attacks, fat Black bodies that fall outside dominant constructs of beauty and wellness are subjected to healthism, racism, and misogynoir. The spaces carved out by third-wave feminism and the fat liberation movement fail