The coronavirus pandemic has sparked new fears among fat activists that fat people will be sacrificed in virtue of medical triage protocols used to ration ventilators, ICU beds, and medicine, which are all in critical supply throughout America (hereafter I … Continue reading
“Close your knees, girl!” –my Aunt Carolyn to me, age 6 “You’re such a monster!” “Yeah, Crane monster!” “Cranemonster!” –kids when I played soccer/football hard during PE (my maiden name: Crane) “Not only is there a typical style of throwing … Continue reading
Over at Inc., Suzanne Lucas has a good piece published August 27, 2018 on how unconscious bias can affect fat women’s access to health care. Too often, says Lucas, their testimony may be dismissed with dire consequences, because of their fatness … Continue reading
We bloggers and readers been writing and talking amongst ourselves lately about children, weight, fat shaming, and concerns about policing and medicalizing kids’ bodies. Once you start down this path, it’s really hard to stop. And where does this lead? … Continue reading
If you have already received your paper copy of the new Fall 2017 issue of International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (Vol 10 Iss 2), you will have noticed a new look. You may also have noticed that the journal’s international … Continue reading
The American Academy of Pediatrics announced last week that it was radically changing its guidelines for treatment of overweight and obesity in children and teens. Specifically, it recommends DEemphasizing dieting and weight loss while avoiding any kind of public shaming … Continue reading
The excellent medical history and women’s studies blog Nursing Clio is running a series of posts about female presidential candidates. They also recently featured a truly illuminating scholarly blog entry on the history and modern use of obesity and BMI in pediatric … Continue reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: This entry was originally published on IJFAB Blog December 19 of 2014. In the early hours of July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge, LA was shot dead by police. He was a father, selling CDs outside … Continue reading
Find at Slate an extended personal reflection by Katy Waldman concerning anorexia and its etiology, with a special focus on the role of literature and narrative. A few excerpts: More fundamentally, though, anorexia is an inveterate liar whose grand theme is your … Continue reading
The University of Toronto Press blog is currently featuring an interview with Galya Hildesheimer and Hemda Gur-Arie (both at the School of Law at the Peres Academic Center, Rehovot, Israel), co-authors of IJFAB essay from which this post takes its title. Follow … Continue reading
The deadline for submissions to IJFAB‘s upcoming special issue “See How She Runs: Feminists Rethink Fitness” has been extended to 1 June, 2015. From the CFP: Fitness is a neglected concept in bioethics but fitness is of key importance to women’s health … Continue reading
When I shared on Facebook the piece on Scout Willis that PJ mentions, a woman friend of mine commented sarcastically on it, something like: ‘Thanks, Joy—I’ve seen my first nipple on Facebook.’ I took this to mean: ‘Thanks for continuing … Continue reading
