Ditching Weight Stigma and Anti-Fat Bias at School

Cait O'Connor (@JustTeachingELA) is an eighth-grade English/ENL teacher in Larchmont, New York. She is also a middle school American Sign Language Club advisor, mental health peer advocate, and an advocate for LGBTQIA+ youth, size inclusivity, peer-community engagement, and disability justice.

Part 1: Press Play 1. Introduction 2. Facing the Music: Seeing Anti-Fat Bias as a Problem 3. "We've Been Waiting for You": Changing the Built Environment 4. The Health/Phys Ed Trauma is Over (If You Want It): Health, PE, and Anti-Fat Bias Part 2: Hit Pause 5. The Miseducation of Everyone: Weight Stigma across Content Areas 6. Cheeseburgers in Paradise: School Lunch, Food, and Diet Culture 7. School's Out: Fighting Weight Stigma in Extracurricular Activity Part 3: The Remix 8. Workin' 7-3: Anti-Fat Bias and the Teacher Day 9. We're All in This Together: Collaborating for Change