Plus-Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change

by Mekdela

Overview

"Plus-Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change" chronicles the rise of the body positive movement and body positivity through pop culture reviews and personal reflections. This essay collection illustrates the insidiousness of fatphobia through analyses of film, television, books, and how they affect our perceptions and treatment of others. Altogether, the essays paint a big picture of fatphobia, misogyny, misogynoir, ableism, and capitalism in American society. Furthermore, this essay collection emphasizes the potential for social change. Featuring media from the 1990s, early 2000s, 2010s, and up until today, this memoir tells a story of America's uneasy and ever-changing relationship with fat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781098398378
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	09/17/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	98
File size:	933 KB

About the Author

Mekdela is an Ethiopian-American writer, advocate, and organizer. She is a contributor of the anthology, "Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism." Her work has been featured in the North England Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Pennycress Zine. She is an avid student of Feminist and Critical Race theory. Mekdela earned her MA in Social and Public Policy from the University of Leeds, where she wrote about how the media and public perception shape each other and the public policies that create our realities.

Table of Contents

Plus-Size 1

Shallow Hal 7

Drop Dead Diva 11

Online Dating (On Both Sides of the Atlantic Ocean) 15

The Mindy Project 21

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 25

"Obesity," the Medical Industry, and the "Health" Conversation 31

The South 37

The Good Place 41

What Decolonization Means to Me 45

Third Culture People in Film: My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Bend it Like Beckham 47

The Spice Girls 51

Charmed 55

Muriel's Wedding 63

Pandemic Reflections: One Year Later 69

Young Adult Books that Build Character 75

Mekdela, Cultural Producer & Social Influencer (Or What I Want My Legacy to Be) 85