Fatness in Libraries: Cultivation of Victimhood and Weaponization of Empathy, with Jenny Rogers

Jenny and I discuss a video presentation that was sent to me by a viewer. Here's the link if you would like to watch it: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/fatness-and-libraries-amplifying-voices-fat-librarians-deia-work-region-6-spotlight In this training, a "fat-liberation" activist/advocate presents responses to a survey she took of librarians who are "fat" and also selected for other diversity criteria. She reads their responses, which describe difficulties they experience at work due to their physical size and/or their self-consciousness, while encouraging the audience to see them as victims of oppression, feel indignation on their behalf, and "advocate" for them, in true Social Justice Activist style. This is an excellent example of the weaponization of empathy. If you would like to reach Jenny: https://jennyrogerstherapy.com/ [email protected] Also, if you would like to hear more of Jenny's insights and analysis we have recorded three previous discussions on this youtube channel. _____________________________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact me, I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!): https://www.paypal.me/jleslieelliott https://www.buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter https://www.patreon.com/theradicalcenter