18 February 2013

My Guardian article on Fat Panic and Fat Activism

The Guardian has published my piece about the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' report on obesity, which came out today with a slew of headless fatties plastered all over the media.

There's no need for this obesity epidemic hysteria

If you want to see more articles like this in the news, please consider writing to the editor and telling them how much you like my work, and how the paper should get on board with more critical work on obesity.

Edited to add: look, they put me on the front page, my whole name and all. I drew a ring around it because I can. How come Tim Lobstein gets to be called Dr and I don't?!



5 comments:

Linda Strout said...

Congratulations! Good article. I suspect you don't get Dr. because you are a woman, which sucks.

Emerald said...

I saw it, Charlotte. Nice article. Comments, as per usual on CiF...not so much. :(

HighFatContent said...

Hello Dear Charlotte,
As I said on Marilyn's Facebook page, you did a stellar job with this article. Thoughtful, well-written journalism on a topic that doesn't get nearly enough integrity. Thanks for being such a smarty pants. Xo - Marsha Coupé

Dr Charlotte Cooper said...

Thanks all.

NewMe said...

Great article, Dr. Cooper. Sadly, I then wasted too much time on the vitriol spewed in the comments section.