Publications

Key Scholars for Health Justice at the Intersection of Food and Flourishing

Tema Okun. Hallmarks of White Supremacy Culture

Marya R, Patel, R. Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice

Sabrina Strings.Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. New York University Press; 2019.

Da’Shaun L. Harrison. Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness.North Atlantic Books,U.S. 2021.

Hatch, AR. 2016. Blood Sugar. Racial Pharmacology and Food Justice in Black America. US: University of Minnesota Press.

Doucet-Battle, J. 2021. Sweetness in the Blood Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes. US: University of Minnesota Press.

Mikey Mercedes and Ragen Chastein on weight inclusive healthcare – see also Fat Studies Journal 

Some of My Writing

Reframing Nutrition Beyond a ‘Healthy/Unhealthy Binary  (with thanks to Food Ethics Council)

Facilitating workshops for health justice – queering as process

Teaching ‘nutrition’ to value experience and existing knowledge 

A Three Way Conversation Animating Knowing and Becoming for Health Justice

Why I think the 2021 UK government report on body image is seriously wrong:

The Worst Impact of Anti-Fat Strategy Isn’t ‘Unhealthy Behaviours’ It’s Early Death and Suffering.

BMI, Witch Hunts, White Duplicity and “Changing the Perfect Picture”

These might be useful for helping you cope during crisis: 

Three Simple Steps to Greater Self-Compassion Even Under Stress

Understanding How Trauma Impacts Eating Can Help Us Cope With The Covid-19 Crisis