13: Social Activism and Appearance

Social activism is central in the fight for justice, human rights and equality. In this episode of Appearance Matters: the Podcast! we talk about the importance of social activism in relation to our appearance. We hear from body image activist Sharon Haywood about how she and a group of activists from around the world successfully took on Facebook to remove the ‘feeling fat emoji’. We also hear from fat activist Dr Sigrun Danielsdottir about how Iceland is fighting back against fat stigma and unhelpful public health rhetoric around the obesity epidemic. We also introduce the COST Action Group: Appearance Matters. To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car The COST Action Group: Appearance Matters: http://appearancematters.eu/ To find out more about Sharon Haywood: http://sharonhaywood.com/ Endangered Bodies: http://www.endangeredbodies.org http://buenosaires.endangeredbodies.org To find out more about SigrunDanielsdottir: http://appearancematters.eu/presentation/45-Sigrn-Danelsdttir- The Iceland fat-activist campaign #Iamtheobesityepidemic https://www.facebook.com/pg/likamsvirdingarsamtok/photos/?tab=album&album_id=595469183958190 Photo by Oladimeji Odunsi on Unsplash Episode developed and produced by Nadia Craddock with research advice from Phillippa Diedrichs (Associate Professor at CAR)