Item
Institutional Fatphobia
Title (Dublin Core)
Institutional Fatphobia
Description (Dublin Core)
This post shared publically through Instagram discusses the issues that fat people face when seeing a doctor. This was shared in response to not only the weight bias spurred on by the pandemic but to highlight the institutionalization of fatphobia in the medicine. The media and health experts have been having a field day pointing the finger at obesity for death rates and complications for months. All while toting the advice to lose weight and their preferred diets to do so. Despite the fact diets fail 90% of the time no matter how dedicated the individual or that obesity is not a condition but a symptom of conditions that put people at a higher risk from COVID-19 complications such as other health issues, poverty, access to medical care, access to nutritional foods, access to sick pay and sick leave, and so on.
Date (Dublin Core)
July 30, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
B. Deutsch
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Stephanie Berry
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Instagram Post
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Instagram
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Conflict
English
Emotion
English
Food & Drink
English
Healthcare
English
Health & Wellness
English
Social Media (including Memes)
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
fatphobia
medicine
bias
diet
obesity
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
medical fat phobia
#FoodisLife
institutionalized
weight bias
diet
Collection (Dublin Core)
Foodways
Deathways
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
08/01/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/15/2020
12/08/2020
01/29/21
08/02/2022
09/30/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
07/30/2020
This item was submitted on August 1, 2020 by Stephanie Berry using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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