I'm sometimes told that my academic presentation style is a little "over-impassioned" to be taken seriously. Dr George Parker #wsc2025 day 2 keynote just said a mouthful: "It's hard to slow down rage." #weightstigma #reproductivejustice

Taryn Know @BioethicsCentre Structural account of microaggressions (McClure & Rini 2020): An action is a #microaggression if it plays a causal role in perpetuating an oppressive social system. Intent is irrelevant. Not about blame - about societal structure #wsc2025

Great definition of #microaggressions - "those everyday little things that make you feel a bit shit about yourself" Taryn Know @BioethicsCentre #wsc2025

Taryn Knox @BioethicsCentre: Can #BMI ever be used in a neutral way or is it always a #fatmicroaggression? #wsc2025

I'd be interested in hearing more about the professional clothing provision charity data @fatbodypolitic #wsc2025

"Weight loss as performance: Before and after photos document a story of moral redemption" Brianna Sorensen @FatBodyPolitics #wsc2025

Compulsory thinness operates via unspoken rule enforced through media, family, structures, education, laws, etc. @FatBodyPolitics Brianna Sorensen #wsc2025 #weightstigma

Compulsory thinness: Examining the interpersonal, structural, and institutional policing of fat bodies @FatBodyPolitics and Brianna Sorensen #wsc2025

Checkout "Misdiagnosing Fat Oppression: Weight Stigma and the Anti-Obesity Assemblage" dissertation from @rachel_e_fox @gvsu #wsc2025 Access at: rachelefox.com/research.html

"Most #weightstigma research is really "obesity research" - we need to refocus the field to promote liberation from oppression @rachel_e_fox @gvsu #wsc2025

#weightstigma research that pathologises weight cited more often than research that doesn't @rachel_e_fox @GVSU #wsc2025

64% #weightstigma research 1960–2023 take an approach that problematises fatness and call for its elimination @rachel_e_fox @GVSU #wsc2025

#weightstigma is not a consequence of "obesity" - it is a socially constructed form of oppression; stigmatising people is a choice. @rachel_e_fox @GVSU #wsc2025

We can't fight "obesity" and weight stigma at the same time - they are fundamentally incompatible. @rachel_e_fox @GVSU #wsc2025

My first keynote presentation! @EssexPsychology