Oh would love to see that research if you ever come across it again.
Fat jokes in media: I should write more about this, but I think treating it like racism and sexism makes total sense. I might not turn off the program, but I always view it as something we have a check-in about. “What did you think of that joke?” Or (if you’ve already be…
Oh would love to see that research if you ever come across it again.
Fat jokes in media: I should write more about this, but I think treating it like racism and sexism makes total sense. I might not turn off the program, but I always view it as something we have a check-in about. “What did you think of that joke?” Or (if you’ve already beat this drum a bit), “who can spot the fatphobia here!”
The goal isn’t to prevent exposure, it’s to help them identify the problems and think critically about the media they’re consuming.
Oh would love to see that research if you ever come across it again.
Fat jokes in media: I should write more about this, but I think treating it like racism and sexism makes total sense. I might not turn off the program, but I always view it as something we have a check-in about. “What did you think of that joke?” Or (if you’ve already beat this drum a bit), “who can spot the fatphobia here!”
The goal isn’t to prevent exposure, it’s to help them identify the problems and think critically about the media they’re consuming.