When your breakout book is reviewed by Essence, Bitch Media and Ms., you know your topic has struck a chord. That’s the case with Sabrina Strings’ Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, which hit shelves in May. In it, the UCI assistant professor of sociology discusses the stigma of larger—primarily female—body types and how deep racial and religious roots, rather than health concerns, led Western society to favor the lean. Here, she weighs in on how slimness became popular and the centuries-long repercussions of this ideal for women of all shapes, colors and sizes.
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Source: Phys.org