Introduction to Fat Studies: Radical Self-Love and the History of Anti-Fatness

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fat studies interrogates and interrupts fat as a historically dependent social and political construction. This course locates the origins of fat as moral and racial panic, critically examines anti-fatness as a social justice issue, and unpacks the systemic biases that have embedded these attitudes into our daily lives. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits.