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BALTIMORE -- For almost two years, in a small corner of the internet, a kind of revolt has been brewing. Members of Body Liberation Baltimore, a community organization run through a private Facebook page, reject the notion that thin bodies are the only good bodies. Through virtual support groups and in-person gatherings for people who have been harmed by anti-fat bias, they spread what ...

Author Virginia Sole-Smith told NPR's Fresh Air that those promoting thinness and against being fat are complicit with white supremacy and patriarchy.

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith spoke with NPR journalist Tanya Moseley over the claim that thinness is a product of white supremacy and the patriarchy.

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith says efforts to fight childhood obesity have caused kids to absorb an onslaught of body-shaming messages. Her new book is Fat Talk.

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith says efforts to fight childhood obesity have caused kids to absorb an onslaught of body-shaming messages. Her new book is Fat Talk.

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith says efforts to fight childhood obesity have caused kids to absorb an onslaught of body-shaming messages. Her new book is Fat Talk.

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith says efforts to fight childhood obesity have caused kids to absorb an onslaught of body-shaming messages. Her new book is Fat Talk.

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith says efforts to fight childhood obesity have caused kids to absorb an onslaught of body-shaming messages. Her new book is Fat Talk.

Journalist Virginia Sole-Smith says efforts to fight childhood obesity have caused kids to absorb an onslaught of body-shaming messages. Her new book is Fat Talk.

"The chronic experience of weight stigma ... is similar to the research we see on chronic experiences of racism or other forms of bias," Sole-Smith of Burnt Toast Podcast.