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'Fat Studies' course deems 'weightism' a 'social justice issue'

Dan Jackson Campus Reform Intern @MrDanJackson on Aug 09, 2017

"Fat Studies" is returning to Oregon State University next spring, when students will be able to earn three credits to explore “forms of activism used to counter weightism perpetuated throughout various societal institutions.”

“My course now frames body image disturbances more as a function of oppressive societal structures than of individual pathology," Patti Lou-Watkins explains in a 2012 academic journal article.

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