Media and Research Roundup - December 2022
By Bill and Terri Weitze
Shown is a picture of a child’s striped short-sleeved shirt, jeans and sneakers.
CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language.
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November 21, 2022: A group of top researchers studying the O word (fatness) gathered at London’s Royal Society to work on a consensus regarding its cause. Reading the suggestions from different scientists is reminiscent of the fable about the blind men and the elephant. And not surprisingly, in the end, they only agreed on what it is not. It is not personal failure.
November 30, 2022: Rev. Dr. E-K Daufin’s book On Fat and Faith: Ending Weight Stigma in Yourself, Your Sanctuary and Society is now available through Amazon.com. NAAFA member Rev. Dr. E-K Daufin "will sooth your soul with practical spiritualized Health At Every Size; anti-patriarchy, Fat-positive practices; and social justice, intersectional Fat Liberation activism."
December 7, 2022: Kirstie Alley, who recently passed away, seems to have been defined by her weight. Caught in the loop of yo-yo dieting, she somehow managed to maintain a glamorous image no matter what the scale said.
December 13, 2022: Virginia Sole-Smith explains why finding plus-size clothing for children is even harder than for plus-size adults.
Pic is of Terri and Bill Weitze, a Caucasian couple, both wearing glasses
Terri and Bill Weitze have been active within NAAFA for years, and they currently coauthor the Media and Research Roundup in the NAAFA Newsletter. They both live and work in Michigan, and met through a fat-positive bulletin board system before the days of the World Wide Web.