Fat Lectures at UCLA
If any of you live in the L.A. area, sociologist Abigail Saguy has put together a series of lectures on Fatness and Gender. The first lecture, by Paul Campus, happens tonight at 5pm. Katherine Flegal lectures in February and Marilyn Wann lectures in March! More information below.
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 5 p.m.
Fat and Identity Politics: Lecture by Paul Campos, professor of law at the University of Colorado and author of "The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession With Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health" (Gotham, 2004).
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 4 p.m.
Weight and Mortality: The Health Perspective: Lecture by Katherine M. Flegal, senior research scientist and distinguished consultant at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
Monday, March 1, 4 p.m.
Fighting Fat Fear During the War on 'Obesity': Lecture by Marilyn Wann, activist and author of "Fat! So? Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size" (Ten Speed Press, 1998).
All lectures will take place at Royce Hall, Room 314, on the UCLA campus.
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Posted by withoutscene on January 21, 2010
Wee correction. I believe I'm speaking at UCLA on March 1, not March 10. I'm so grateful to Abby Saguy for creating this amazing lecture series and for including me!!! Thanks for posting about it here. I'd love to see SoCal people at the talk...
Thanks, Marilyn, I changed it. Let me know if for some reason that date changes.
I sooo would love to go to this...too bad I'm so far away. I wish there were going to be a webcast or something.
I've seen Marilyn and Paul talk before, and they are awesome speakers.
I've never seen Abigail Saguy or Katherine Flegal speak, however, and would eat my own foot to get there if I could!
There will be a podcast posted to the Center for the Study of Women (CSW) site soon. http://www.csw.ucla.edu/
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks.