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Podcast: Kate Manne: Fighting Fatphobia

Anti-fatness is a system of oppression, argues Kate Manne, afflicting vulnerable bodies in intersectional ways.

Building on her incisive studies of misogyny and male privilege, the Melbourne-born feminist philosopher’s latest book, Unshrinking: How to Fight Fatphobia, unpicks the dangerous virtues associated with dieting and deprivation, using a blend of first-hand stories and trenchant analysis. 

Praised by US writer Roxane Gay as “required reading”, this timely intervention calls for a radical re-evaluation of who our bodies exist for –  ourselves and no one else.

Learn from an acclaimed, accessible new voice in moral philosophy, in conversation with host Maeve Marsden.