The Fat Studies Reader (in which my essay "Fat Heroines in Chick-Lit: A Gateway of Acceptance in the Mainstream" appears) will be out on Wednesday. Please buy this book. Fat Studies will help legitimize fat people who often treated as second class citizens (in health, media, and workplace).
I was also kind enough to lend my voice to NYU Press blog in a post "Tricks, Treats and Shattering Stereotypes."
Fat Studies, thankfully, has gotten some notice in the press. A blog from conservative website Campus Reform questions the need to have Fat Studies (or any studies that isn't WASP studies). Being actually accepted enough to be challenged makes me proud! It also got a kinder review in Ms Magazine.
Those in the New York Area, join us at Re/Dress on December 4th at 8pm for a reading. (Books will be available.)
I have my copy already and I am looking forward to delving into it!
Posted by: Bri | November 03, 2009 at 04:15 AM