Fat femininities: on the convergence of fat studies and critical femininities

IF 0.8 Q3 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Allison Taylor, R. Hoskin
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Abstract

ABSTRACT What is the relationship between fatness and femininity? How do prejudices toward fat bodies (i.e., fatphobia) and femininity (i.e., femmephobia) intersect? How does scholarship on femininities converge with scholarship on fatness? And, what novel insights can be cultivated by putting the fields of fat studies and critical femininities into conversation? In this article, we explore these questions, arguing that fatphobia and femmephobia, as well as the dominant cultural framings of fatness and femininity, are inextricably intertwined. Specifically, we challenge femininity’s associations with superficiality and oppression, discussing instead the importance of intersectional and recuperative approaches to fat femininities. Accordingly, this article illuminates the complex relationships between femininity and fatness; how these relationships differ across intersectional axes of privilege and oppression; as well as the ways femininity and fatness – or, by extension, femmephobia and fatphobia – intertwine to create unique experiences of gendered embodiment. Ultimately, with this article, we advocate for the importance of exploring diverse fat feminine embodiments and the potential for critical femininities to transform how we think about and embody fatness.
肥胖女性:论肥胖研究与批判女性的趋同
肥胖与女性气质之间的关系是什么?对肥胖的偏见(即肥胖恐惧症)和女性气质(即女性恐惧症)是如何交叉的?关于女性的学术研究是如何与关于肥胖的学术研究相融合的?而且,把脂肪研究和批判性女性主义的领域放在一起讨论,能培养出哪些新颖的见解?在这篇文章中,我们探讨了这些问题,认为肥胖恐惧症和女性恐惧症,以及肥胖和女性气质的主流文化框架,是不可分割地交织在一起的。具体来说,我们挑战女性与肤浅和压迫的联系,取而代之的是讨论交叉和恢复方法对肥胖女性的重要性。因此,本文阐述了女性气质与肥胖之间的复杂关系;这些关系在特权和压迫的交叉轴上是如何不同的;此外,女性气质和肥胖——或者引自女性恐惧症和肥胖恐惧症——交织在一起,创造出性别具体化的独特体验。最后,在这篇文章中,我们提倡探索不同的女性肥胖表现形式的重要性,以及批判性女性改变我们对肥胖的看法和表现方式的潜力。
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