SPRING CO-CURRICULAR DIALOGUE
REGISTRATION OPEN THROUGH FRIDAY 2/16
Politics of the body: A dialogue on fatness & body size
Politics of the body is an intergroup dialogue for undergraduate and graduate students to explore topics related to fatness and fatphobia. The focus of the dialogue is to unpack our relationship to/with fatness and explore how fatphobia, in connection to various other systems of oppression, has caused harm to ourselves and others.
Monday Dates (six sessions): February 19, February 26; March 4, March 18, March 25; April 1
Must be able to attend all of the sessions. Refreshments provided at every session.
Sessions will include interactive exercises around excerpts from texts such as Sonya Renee Taylor’s “The Body is Not An Apology” and Da’shaun Harrisons “Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti Fatness as Anti-Blackness,” and participants will be gifted a set of related books (4-5) at the end of the series.
The dialogue is open to folks of all sides, with a focus on centering the experiences of those who identify as fat (see registration form for more details). Registration is required with a deadline of Friday, February 16.
For more information contact Atiya McGhee (atmcghee@syr.edu) or Linzy Andre (landre@syr.edu).