Please Note:
Many of the subject headings assigned to these resources use terms that are controversial and contested in the fat-acceptance community. Check out these resources for more information:
Angell, K. & Price, C. (2012). Fat Bodies in Thin Books: Information Bias and Body Image in Academic Libraries. Fat Studies, 1(2), 153-165. Retrieved from link
Price, C.E. (2016). Sizeism in the Stacks Presentation. Retrieved from link
The Fat Pedagogy Reader : Challenging Weight-Based Oppression Through Critical Education by Guide created by: Alix Gullen (agullen@uvic.ca)
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by 
Being Fat : Women, Weight, and Feminist Activism in Canada by 
Bodies Out of Bounds : Fatness and Transgression by 
The Body Is Not an Apology : The Power of Radical Self-Love, Second Edition by 
Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies by 
Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old : A Makeover for Self and Society by 
The Fat Lady Sings : A Psychological Exploration of the Cultural Fat Complex and its Effects by 
Fat Rights : Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood by 
Fat Sex: New Directions in Theory and Activism by 
Fearing the Black Body : The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by 
Fighting Fat : Canada, 1920-1980 by 
Heavy Burdens : Stories of Motherhood and Fatness by 
The Politics of Weight : Feminist Dichotomies of Power in Dieting by 
Rethinking Obesity: Critical Perspectives in Crisis Times by 
Revolting Bodies? : The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity by 
Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies by 
Routledge International Handbook of Fat Studies by 
Thickening Fat: Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social Justice by 
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