Beauty "Standards" (Beyond Cultural Competence Series)
Have you ever worried about your weight? Do you know the root of where that worry comes from? Does body image and size affect folks at different intersections of identity differently? Why are we culturally fearful, stigmatizing and punishing of fat bodies? Why do we still use BMI? Since the founding of America, Black bodies have been controlled and scrutinized, resulting in many of the beliefs about what is a socially acceptable body today. We’ll explore how the intersections of capitalism, white supremacy, bodily autonomy, medical racism and desirability all contribute to the policing of Black bodies. This workshop will trace the legacy of anti-Blackness and fatphobia and explore our understanding of our own bodies within the oppressive systems (racism, misogyny, transphobia etc) which frame our relationships with our own and other bodies.
- Participants will be able to define key words: fatphobia/anti-fat bias, anti-Blackness, BMI, white supremacy, understanding anti-Blackness and Fatphobia as a systemic issue as well as an individual one.
- Participants will be able to compare and contrast Historical perspectives: impact of transatlantic slave trade, Sarah Baartman, art as a conveyer of messages around ideal bodies
- Participants will be able to recognize and conceptualize how anti-Blackness and fatphobia is embedded into our health care system, the design of public spaces, how clothing is sized
- Participants will be able to analyze their language, practice and clients' experiences to guard against reinforcing anti-Blackness and anti-fat bias
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