What do Enlightenment-era paintings, 19th-century American fashion magazines, and Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” have in common? They’re all strong examples of what fatphobia has to do with race, class, and gender discrimination. This week, learn all about the origins of anti-fat bias, and how it persists today, with Professor Sabrina Strings. Sabrina Strings, Ph.D. is a Chancellor's Fellow and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Sabrina has been featured in dozens of venues, including BBC News, NPR, Huffington Post, Vox, Los Angeles Times, Essence, Vogue, and goop. Her writing has appeared in diverse venues including, The New York Times, Scientific American, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Her book, <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479886753/fearing-the-black-body/">Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia</a> (2019), was awarded the 2020 Best Publication Prize by the Body & Embodiment Section of the American Sociological Association.You can follow Dr. Strings on <a href="https://twitter.com/SaStrings">Twitter</a> @SaStrings and check out her website <a href="https://www.sabrinastrings.com">sabrinastrings.com</a>. Want to learn more? Here are some books and resources she recommends:<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670607/belly-of-the-beast-by-dashaun-harrison/">Da’Shaun Harrison's The Belly of the Beast</a><a href="https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/books/the-body-is-not-an-apology-the-power-of-radical-self-love-h2x6p">Sonya Renee Taylor’s The Body Is Not An Apology</a><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645672/fat-girls-in-black-bodies-by-joy-arlene-renee-cox-phd/">Dr. Joy Cox’s Fat Girls In Black Bodies</a><a href="https://roxanegay.com/books/hunger/">Roxane Gay’s Hunger</a><a href="https://thenewpress.com/books/thick">Tressie McMillan Cottom’s THICK</a><a href="https://www.jillandrewmpp.ca/">Dr. Jill Andrew’s work</a><a href="https://naafa.org/">NAAFA</a>Join the conversation, and find out what former guests are up to, by following us on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/curiouswithjvn/?hl=en"> Instagram</a> and<a href="https://twitter.com/curiouswithjvn?lang=en"> Twitter</a> @CuriousWithJVN. Jonathan is on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jvn/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jvn">Twitter</a> @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.vanness/">Facebook</a>.Transcripts for each episode are available at <a href="https://www.jonathanvanness.com/gettingcurious">JonathanVanNess.com</a>. Love listening to Getting Curious? Now, you can also watch Getting Curious—on Netflix! Head to <a href="http://www.netflix.com/gettingcurious">netflix.com/gettingcurious</a> to dive in.Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our associate producer is Zahra Crim. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Our socials are run and curated by <a href="https://middleseat.co/">Middle Seat Digital</a>. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to <a href="http://www.thequincat.com/">TheQuinCat.com</a>. Getting Curious merch is available on <a href="https://www.podswag.com/collections/getting-curious-with-jonathan-van-ness">PodSwag.com</a>.

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