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Fearing the Black Body

Fearing the Black Body

FromThe Nod


Fearing the Black Body

FromThe Nod

ratings:
Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Oct 8, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What if we told you that every fad diet, fashion editorial, and #fitspo post on social media could all be traced back to racist pseudoscience? In this episode, Brittany is joined by Sabrina Strings, sociologist and author of Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, whose groundbreaking research parses the intersection of thinness, whiteness, and beauty ideals.
Released:
Oct 8, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Nod tells the stories of Black life that don’t get told anywhere else, from an explanation of how purple drink became associated with Black culture to the story of how an interracial drag troupe traveled the nation in the 1940s. We celebrate the genius, the innovation, and the resilience that is so particular to being Black -- in America, and around the world.