Canceling Anti-Fat Medical Institutions (ft. Da'Shaun L. Harrison)

Recent guidance has come out recommending children have surgery or go on drugs to lose weight. Why is this a problem and what's the history behind anti-fat politics in America? Katelyn and Oliver sit down with writer, journalist and theorist Da'Shaun Harrison to explore these questions and learn about how anti-fatness is rooted in and inextricable from anti-blackness. Da'Shaun is the author of Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-fatness as Anti-Blackness and Editor-at-Large of Scalawag Magazine. A very special thanks to our Cancellation List and above Patreons Megg, Catherine, Dahlia, I Beauregard, Leslie, Adrienne, Diego, Mae and Siobhan for making this episode possible. You can submit your requests for out of context cancellations, support our work and join our community by visiting www.patreon.com/CancelMeDaddy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The pearl clutching about “cancel culture” and “censorship” has become louder and more absurd while also getting more and more play in the media. Journalists Katelyn Burns and Christine Grimaldi see this panic for what it is though: a grift. They take a closer look at these temper tantrums, dispelling myths, laughing at the most outrageous takes, and shedding light on which perspectives are actually being suppressed and left out of the conversation. You can join our community and support our work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cancelmedaddy A Flytrap Media Production