‘Mind Your Business and Leave My Rolls Alone’: A Case Study of Fat Black Women Runners’ Decolonial Resistance

The Black female body has been vilified, surveilled, and viewed as ‘obese’ and irresponsible for centuries in Western societies. For just as long, some Black women have resisted their mischaracterizations. Instead they have embraced a ‘fat’ identity. But little research has demonstrated how Black fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Garcia Ashdown-Franks, Janelle Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/3/95