Amanda Levitt is an activist and scholar working to dismantle fatphobia and highlight the ways fat stigma shows up in society. Central to her work is exposing how racism and capitalism generate conditions that shame fat people about their bodies. Amanda tells Claire how the rise of social media has made body shame inescapable in society, how finding a supportive community helped her combat the body shaming she’s experienced throughout her life, and what we can do to challenge the societal norms that lead to body shaming in the first place. 



Resources from the show


Listen to Fat Theory Book Club, a podcast hosted by scholar and activist Amanda Levitt.
Read Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
Read Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo
Read This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship Between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture by Whitney Phillips



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Amanda Levitt is an activist and scholar working to dismantle fatphobia and highlight the ways fat stigma shows up in society. Central to her work is exposing how racism and capitalism generate conditions that shame fat people about their bodies. Amanda tells Claire how the rise of social media has made body shame inescapable in society, how finding a supportive community helped her combat the body shaming she’s experienced throughout her life, and what we can do to challenge the societal norms that lead to body shaming in the first place. 
 
Resources from the show
 
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Listen to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fat-theory-book-club/id1595526858">Fat Theory Book Club</a>, a podcast hosted by scholar and activist Amanda Levitt.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Read <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479886753/fearing-the-black-body/">Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Read <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520240544/unbearable-weight">Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Read <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262529877/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/">This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship Between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture by Whitney Phillips</a></li>
</ul>
 
Do you have something you want Claire’s help with? Send her a question to be featured on an upcoming episode by emailing us at <a href="mailto:newday@lemonadamedia.com">newday@lemonadamedia.com</a> or submitting one at<a href="http://www.bit.ly/newdayask"> www.bit.ly/newdayask</a>.
 
Want to connect? Join the New Day Facebook Group!  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/newdaypod">https://www.facebook.com/groups/newdaypod</a>
 
Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to <a href="http://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors">lemonadamedia.com/sponsors</a>.
 
To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to <a href="https://lemonadamedia.com/show/newday/">lemonadamedia.com/show/newday/</a> shortly after the air date.
 
Follow Claire on IG and FB @clairebidwellsmith or Twitter @clairebidwell and visit her website: <a href="http://www.clairebidwellsmith.com">www.clairebidwellsmith.com</a>.
 
Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. 
 
Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at <a href="http://bit.ly/lemonadapremium">bit.ly/lemonadapremium</a>.

Good Things from Lemonada Media is a podcast about the good people in the world who are rolling up their sleeves and working hard to make things better. Each week, we'll be talking about this country's most complex and confounding issues in an effort to affect systemic change, with a rotating cast of incredible guests and Lemonada hosts. From the dire condition of the American foster care system to the decline of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, protecting democracy, and more, we’re focusing on solutions – with the people putting them into action.

Good Things from Lemonada Media is a podcast about the good people in the world who are rolling up their sleeves and working hard to make things better. Each week, we'll be talking about this country's most complex and confounding issues in an effort to affect systemic change, with a rotating cast of incredible guests and Lemonada hosts. From the dire condition of the American foster care system to the decline of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, protecting democracy, and more, we’re focusing on solutions – with the people putting them into action.

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