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I pulled Cat Pausé away from her scholarly pursuits and her radio show to talk about Charlotte Cooper's Fat Activism.  If you have not heard about this book, it is mandatory reading for anyone who takes body liberation seriously.  Cooper gives us a rundown of the known history and a lens with which to view the body liberation movement.  Cat breaks all this down for us.  Her and I get into all the details of this book including:Cat's journey to fat politics and her political activism in New ZealandWhy the key too fat liberation has nothing to do with healthDefining fat activismThe palatability of certain fat activism proxiesThe different types of fat activismThe three "defining" events of fat activismThe messiness of activismCat's experience with burnout and the direction her radio show took because of itThe dominance of US voices in the movementWhat it means to Queer fat activistYou Can Find Cat:Her TwitterHer InstagramHer WebsitePodcastYou Can Find Me!!!My websiteMy InstagramMy FacebookCat's Recommended ReadingThe Obesity Myth by Paul CamposThickening FatFat Girls and Black Bodies by Joy CoxHappy Fat by Sophie HagenFattily Every After by Stephanie YeboahBody Sovereignty by Caleb Luna, Shilo M. George, Elaine K. Lee, Sondra SolovayOther mentions:Fatty Boom Boom PodcastFat. So? PodcastJes Baker