Category: Fatness in Film
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MHAM: Fat People Have Eating Disorders Too – A Love Letter To ‘My Mad Fat Diary’
For this edition of the Fatness In Film column, Sophie Butcher does a deep dive into ‘My Mad Fat Diary’ and its depiction of eating disorders.
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‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ And How Fatphobia Is Still Acceptable In ‘Woke’ Media
There’s one major problem with ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and its otherwise remarkable record on inclusivity – it can’t stop being fatphobic.
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Thor, ‘Avengers: Endgame’, And The Problem With Fatsuits
A deep dive into Fat Thor in ‘Avengers: Endgame’, and the problem with using fatsuits on screen.
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Five Plus Size Heroines From The Last Decade
With the filmmakers and showrunners behind the camera becoming slowly but increasingly more diverse, so too are the stories they tell.
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Three Things That ‘Shrill’ Gets Right About Living As A Fat Woman
Welcome to Fatness In Film, a new monthly column analysing examples of fat representation and body diversity on screen. Positive depictions of fat bodies are hard to find, but Shrill is a recent example of plus size storytelling done right.
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