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Fatphobia or Sizeism
"Sizeism or size discrimination is unjust or prejudicial treatment directed at people based on their size." - Wikipedia
"Weight bias, sometimes also called fatphobia or weight stigma, describes the negative attitudes and stereotypes surrounding and attached to larger bodies. Further, fatphobia is an abnormal and irrational fear of being fat or being around fat people." - Bradbury, Z. (2021, March 29). What is weight bias and fatphobia, and how can we challenge it?. Butterfly Foundation. https://butterfly.org.au/weight-bias-fatphobia-diet-culture/
Sizeism relates to the normalization of certain body types based on height and weight, and connects to the development of body image.
General Education Resources
- Good Girls Don't Get Fat: How Weight Obsession Is Messing Up Our Girls and How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It by Robyn J.A. Silverman, Ph. D.
- When Your Daughter Says "I'm Fat" - How to Build Body Positivity in Girls
Performing Arts Resources
- Donovan, R. (2019). “Must be heavyset”: Casting women, fat stigma, and Broadway bodies. Journal of American Drama & Theatre, 31 (3), 1–17.
- HowlRound
- Jester, J. G. (2009). Placing fat women center stage. In E. D. Rothblum &; S. Solovay (Eds.), The Fat Studies Reader (pp. 249–255). Essay, New York University Press.
- Kania, L. (2022). “Not the leading role of life”: Fatphobia in educational theatre & its impact on larger-bodied adolescent girls. ArtsPraxis, 9 (1), pp. 34-47.
- Los Angeles Times. (2021, May 15). “I have to be thin to do this job”: Inside Theater’s sizeism. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-05-15/broadyway-body-theater-fatphobia
- National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance Fact Sheets (bullying, stigma)
- Staff, O. B. (2022, August 8). “too fat to be loved:” The dark truth of fatphobia in youth theatre. https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2021/7/5/too-fat-to-be-loved-the-dark-truth-of-fatphobia-in-youth-theatre
CODE Resources
Considering Beauty – Senior Dance – Members Only
Picture Books for Entry Points
Plays and Other Sources
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