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Direct linkKenesha Johnson – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to address weight-based bullying as a persistent issue among adolescents. Fat phobia, rooted in societal biases against overweight individuals, leads to social exclusion and discrimination, negatively impacting mental health and equality. Educational settings suffer from the profound effects of fat phobia, creating a toxic…
Descriptors: Bullying, Obesity, Fear, Social Influences
Dywanna E. Smith – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to use an autoethnography and ethnopoetic approach, interweaving personal narratives with scholarly research, to illuminate the profound and far-reaching consequences of fat phobia. Through a multifaceted lens, the lived experiences of a fat, black woman subjected to fat shaming, discrimination and societal prejudice are…
Descriptors: Obesity, Social Bias, Females, African Americans
