152: Diet Culture and Religion
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01/12/23 • 73 min
How much has religion influenced the propagation of diet culture, if at all? Are atheists affected by religious moralizing of food? Do beliefs about “indulgences” from the 1500’s still have an impact on us today or are they quite notions from the past? Let’s talk about it in today’s episode!
Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/152
Come with me to the Dominican Republic: https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-with-vinny-welsby-jun-2023 Diet Culture Timeline: https://dietculturetimeline.com/infographics/ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/protestant-reformation https://www.futurity.org/fat-phobia-book-sabrina-strings-2130182-2/ https://qz.com/quartzy/1516625/societys-warped-idea-of-healthy-living-is-based-on-puritanism-not-science Consuming Bodies: Fatness, Sexuality, and the Protestant Ethic: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gw1m18r Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/the-puritanical-approach-to-food/392030/ Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/the-puritanical-approach-to-food/392030/
How much has religion influenced the propagation of diet culture, if at all? Are atheists affected by religious moralizing of food? Do beliefs about “indulgences” from the 1500’s still have an impact on us today or are they quite notions from the past? Let’s talk about it in today’s episode!
Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/152
Come with me to the Dominican Republic: https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-with-vinny-welsby-jun-2023 Diet Culture Timeline: https://dietculturetimeline.com/infographics/ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/protestant-reformation https://www.futurity.org/fat-phobia-book-sabrina-strings-2130182-2/ https://qz.com/quartzy/1516625/societys-warped-idea-of-healthy-living-is-based-on-puritanism-not-science Consuming Bodies: Fatness, Sexuality, and the Protestant Ethic: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gw1m18r Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/the-puritanical-approach-to-food/392030/ Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/the-puritanical-approach-to-food/392030/
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151: The Whale: Fatphobic Misery P*rn
The movie ‘The Whale’ is now out in cinemas. The fat community has been dreading the release ever since the trailer dropped. Is it as bad as we had feared or is the story told with compassion? What about other films that depict super fat folks who spend their life indoors, are they empathetic or reinforcing the same old tropes?
Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/151
Come with me to the Dominican Republic: https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-with-vinny-welsby-jun-2023 The Cruel Spectacle of ‘The Whale’: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/opinion/the-whale-film.html Behind paywall: https://archive.ph/Iw3iU https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/the-whale-review-49039630 https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-whale-review-darren-aronofsky-brendan-fraser/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/opinion/the-whale-film.html https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elaminabdelmahmoud/the-whale-brendan-fraser-darren-aronofsky-review https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-whale-movie-review-2022
The Exhausting Fatphobia of "The Whale" by VICTORIA EDEL: https://www.popsugar.com/author/victoria-edel
Fatphobia Sinks Darren Aronofsky’s Drama, Mark Hanson: https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-whale-review-darren-aronofsky-brendan-fraser/
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153: When You Don’t Believe Your Partner Is Attracted to You
This episode is for fat folks who have partners who reassure them that their body is attractive but you just can't seem to believe them or feel it for yourself. Many, many fat folks have experienced this! What could your partner say (if anything) to make you truly believe them? What if your partner has made comments that have sent you ruminating about how they actually prefer thin people? How do we overcome this frustrating feeling? What’s it like for our partners who hear us yuk their yum? All that and more in this episode!
Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/153
Come with me to the Dominican Republic: https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-with-vinny-welsby-jun-2023
3 Reasons Dating, Attraction, and Desire Are Always Political by Hari Ziyad http://racebaitr.com/2015/12/03/whom-we-decide-to-lay-with-and-love-is-political-an-interview-no-fats-no-femmes-director-jamal-t-lewis/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279863184_Is_Sexual_Racism_Really_Racism_Distinguishing_Attitudes_Toward_Sexual_Racism_and_Generic_Racism_Among_Gay_and_Bisexual_Men
Fatphobia is not a sexual preference from The Fat Sex Therapist: https://wearyourvoicemag.com/fatphobia-is-not-a-sexual-preference/ Treating My Friends Like Lovers: The Politics of Desirability from Caleb Luna: https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/how-to-be-fat-caleb-luna-sub/ 3 Reasons Dating, Attraction, and Desire Are Always Political by Hari Ziyad: https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/04/attraction-desire-political/ Fatphobia Exists – and It's Especially Bad in the Bedroom by Marie Southard Ospina: https://www.vice.com/en/article/8894bx/plus-size-girls-sex-stories-fatphobia
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