So Many Awards for NYU Press!
March 15, 2010
The New York Society Library has chosen Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope Along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx by Constance Rosenblum as a winner in the… READ MORE
Tag: The Fat Studies Reader
Kevin Smith and Southwest Airlines Debate the Meaning of Fat
February 16, 2010
This weekend, Kevin Smith got into a very public twitter war with Southwest Airlines after they allegedly ejected him from a full airplane for being “too fat to fly.” You… READ MORE
Weight-loss industry masks its economic interests with bogus health concerns
November 24, 2009
An op-ed in the San Diego Union Tribune by Esther Rothblum, co-editor of The Fat Studies Reader. Fat studies scholars in the health and medical sciences have examined the economic… READ MORE
Tricks, Treats, and Shattering Stereotypes
October 29, 2009
By Lara Frater Every October, I take an informal survey of plus size costumes. Not that I necessarily want to pay $65 for some polyester thing, but I like to… READ MORE
Stephen Colbert: “I’m fat, you’re fat”
October 15, 2009
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Obesity Epidemic – Amy Farrell www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Michael Moore Amy Farrell, contributor to The Fat… READ MORE
Podcast Wednesday
August 5, 2009
For your listening pleasure: Babysitter: An American History author Miriam Brunell on WHYY Philadelphia. Terrence McNally talks to Convergence Culture author Henry Jenkins. Brian Lehrer dives into Fat Studies. PRI… READ MORE
The New Yorker Asks, Why Are We So Fat?
July 20, 2009
This article features our Fall 2009 title The Fat Studies Reader, edited by Esther D. Rothblum and Sondra Solovay One of the most comprehensive data sets available about Americans—how tall… READ MORE