Bullied and belittled for body size, cultural gas lighting
Kate Manne, Associate Professor of philosophy at Cornell University, who made Prospect magazine ‘s top ten thinkers list in 2019, and a former junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows from 2011-2013, specializing in moral, social and feminist philosophy, looks into size discrimination which harms everyone. For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be smaller. She can tell you what she weighed on any significant occasion: her wedding day, the day she became a professor, the day her daughter was born. She’s been bullied and belittled for her size, leading to extreme dieting. She … Continue reading Bullied and belittled for body size, cultural gas lighting
