DTF St. Louis is a clever, genre-bending show that’s part true crime, part dark comedy, and part midlife character study. It ...

Brown University is offering a summer course on the "Politics of Fatness," providing students with the opportunity to explore the concept of "fatphobia." The pre-college course at the Ivy League ...

An upcoming class at the University of Maryland will ask students to examine how "fatness" relates to "Blackness" and is a "social justice issue." "Intro to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness and Their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The documentary Your Fat Friend, directed by Jeanie Finlay, follows fat activist, writer, and Maintenance Phase cohost Aubrey ...

I knew before seeing “The Whale” that it was a movie about a man named Charlie who weighs over 600 pounds, is grief-stricken over the death of his partner, and is effectively trapped in his apartment ...

Every January, it seems the topics of weight and size come up over and over. New Year's resolutions to go to the gym, to eat differently, to lose weight. They're the kind of conversations that writer ...

Prejudice against fat people is endemic in our society and public health initiatives aimed at reducing obesity have only worsened the problem, according to a U.S. academic. In her new book Why It’s OK ...

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Brown University is offering a week-long summer course called “Politics of Fatness,” ostensibly to instruct incoming students about “fatphobia” in modern society. The university offers the pre-college ...

The knee-jerk, though, is well earned. For years, actors have donned fat suits for glory and/or laughs, the former of which Fraser received on the fall festival circuit, which included marathon ...

Lizzo is rallying behind a TikTok creator that doesn’t want to “escape fatness,” but would like to be considered healthy. The hitmaker turned to the platform earlier this week (May 15) to respond to ...