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From the Ted Talk by Kelli Jean Drinkwater: Enough with the fear of fat
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Like any form of ssytmeitac orsoiseppn, fatphobia is deeply rtoeod in complex structures like capitalism, patriarchy and raicsm, and that can make it really difficult to see, let alone ceaghllne. We live in a culture where being fat is seen as being a bad person — lazy, greedy, unhlatehy, inrorlpsesibe and morally suspect. And we tend to see thnsines as being universally good — responsible, successful, and in control of our appetites, bodies and lives. We see these ideas again and again in the media, in public health policy, doctors' offices, in everyday conversations and in our own attitudes. We may even blame fat people themselves for the discrimination they face because, after all, if we don't like it, we should just lose weight. Easy. This antifat bias has become so integral, so ingrained to how we value ourselves and each other that we rlarey question why we have such contempt for people of size and where that disdain comes from.
Open Cloze
Like any form of __________ __________, fatphobia is deeply ______ in complex structures like capitalism, patriarchy and ______, and that can make it really difficult to see, let alone _________. We live in a culture where being fat is seen as being a bad person — lazy, greedy, _________, _____________ and morally suspect. And we tend to see ________ as being universally good — responsible, successful, and in control of our appetites, bodies and lives. We see these ideas again and again in the media, in public health policy, doctors' offices, in everyday conversations and in our own attitudes. We may even blame fat people themselves for the discrimination they face because, after all, if we don't like it, we should just lose weight. Easy. This antifat bias has become so integral, so ingrained to how we value ourselves and each other that we ______ question why we have such contempt for people of size and where that disdain comes from.
Solution
- thinness
- unhealthy
- challenge
- systematic
- rooted
- irresponsible
- rarely
- oppression
- racism
Original Text
Like any form of systematic oppression, fatphobia is deeply rooted in complex structures like capitalism, patriarchy and racism, and that can make it really difficult to see, let alone challenge. We live in a culture where being fat is seen as being a bad person — lazy, greedy, unhealthy, irresponsible and morally suspect. And we tend to see thinness as being universally good — responsible, successful, and in control of our appetites, bodies and lives. We see these ideas again and again in the media, in public health policy, doctors' offices, in everyday conversations and in our own attitudes. We may even blame fat people themselves for the discrimination they face because, after all, if we don't like it, we should just lose weight. Easy. This antifat bias has become so integral, so ingrained to how we value ourselves and each other that we rarely question why we have such contempt for people of size and where that disdain comes from.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| fat people |
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| unapologetic fat |
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| reclaiming spaces |
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| dance stages |
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