“Fat Swim” and Literature’s Fatphobia Problem
Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of the short story collection Fat Swim, discusses fat phobia in American culture and literature with The New Yorker's Jennifer Wilson. The conversation explores how fatness is portrayed in fiction, the societal pressures driving weight-loss drug use, and th
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