Fat Studies, Volume 13, Issue 1 (2024)

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Editorial

Editorial
A platonic love letter, long in the making, to Dr. Esther Rothblum: reflections on “scholarly friends” and the importance of fat, lesbian, feminist leadership in the academy
Carla A. Pfeffer
Pages: 1-5
Published online: 03 Dec 2023
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“Trust yourself and your body”: advice from fat individuals on how to navigate fat fertility, pregnancy, and birth
Erin D. Basinger, Margaret M. Quinlan & Audrey M. Curry
Pages: 6-21
Published online: 16 Aug 2023
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“My heart’s fine as long as my stomach’s not empty”: patriarchal horror, women’s excess, and fat liberation in Criminally Insane
Kendall Dinniene
Pages: 22-35
Published online: 01 Nov 2023
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War on fat in postwar Finland: A history of fat-shaming
Eve-Riina Hyrkäs & Mikko Myllykangas
Pages: 36-48
Published online: 17 Oct 2023
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(Re)presenting The Big Grrrls
Niya Pickett Miller
Pages: 49-65
Published online: 02 Oct 2023
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“Why is your body a different shape?” fatness and masculinity in the superhero film
Barbara Plotz
Pages: 66-78
Published online: 31 Jan 2023
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Fat and deserving: navigating the visibility and visuality of non-normative bodies in online medical crowdfunding
Susan Wardell, Laura Starling & Cassie Withey-Rila
Pages: 79-98
Published online: 21 Nov 2023
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Book Review

Book Review
Body of Work: Three Poetry Collections
by Yesika Salgado, Corazón, Not a Cult, Los Angeles, CA, March 2018, ISBN: 978-1945649134; Tesoro, October 2018, $16.95, ISBN: 978-1945649233; Hermosa, September 2019, $16.95, ISBN: 978-1945649332.
Jessica Rae Bergamino
Pages: 99-101
Published online: 30 Mar 2023
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Shameful Bodies: Religion and the Culture of Physical Improvement
by Michelle Mary Lelwica, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017, $41.95, 288 pp., ISBN: 9781472594938
Roger Chabot
Pages: 102-104
Published online: 06 Mar 2023
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Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat
by Cassandra Newbould (Ed.), London, Bloomsbury Young Adult, 2021, $18.99, 406 pp., ISBN: 978-1547606078
Carly-Ann Haney
Pages: 105-107
Published online: 21 Mar 2023
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Fat on Film: Gender, Race and Body Size in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
by Barbara Plotz, Bloomsbury Academic, 2021, $40.95(paperback)
Caleb Luna
Pages: 108-109
Published online: 10 Apr 2023
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Fat Studies: Ein Glossar
edited by Anja Herrmann, Tae Jun Kim, Evangelia Kindinger, Nina Mackert, Lotte Rose, Friedrich Schorb, Eva Tolasch, and Paula-Irene Villa. Bielefeld, Transcript Verlag, 2022, 304 pp., ISBN 978-3-8376-6005-0
Alice Weinreb
Pages: 110-111
Published online: 09 Feb 2023
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