The WEIRD Politics of Fitness, Fat Activism, Gym & Diet Culture
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@KatBenson
@ObesetoBeast
Gym Girls & Feminist Fitness Influencers I Recommend:
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https://www.instagram.com/leanbeefpatty/
SOURCES:
Books:
"Fit Nation: The Gains & Pains of America's Exercise Obsession" by Dr. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
"Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia" by Dr. Sabrina Strings
Articles:
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/pandemic-fitness-trends-have-gone-extreme-literally-n1292463
https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5e3z7/gym-bros-more-likely-to-be-right-wing-assholes-science-confirms
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Muscular-men-less-likely-to-support-social-and-economic-equality-study-suggests
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/style/greg-glassman-crossfit-sexism.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/09/873150038/crossfit-company-is-ostracized-after-its-ceos-racial-remarks
https://morningchalkup.com/2023/09/17/the-case-for-moving-away-from-gendered-weights/
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/eugenics
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/31/joe-rogan-covid-claims-what-does-the-science-actually-say
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/we-sent-alex-jones-infowars-supplements-to-a-lab-heres
https://www.mysportscience.com/post/from-fad-diets-to-fat-burners-how-pseudoscience-is-harming-your-practice
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