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A review by bisexualwentworth
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
5.0
Excellent look at the evolution of fatphobia in the West over the past 500 or so years, particularly the ways in which it was born from and intersects with slavery, anti-Blackness, and misogynoir. Sabrina Strings draws a thread through Renaissance art, eugenics, health fads, and more to give a complete picture of where our current societal attitudes toward fatness came from. I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in history.