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Psychotherapist

Susie Orbach is a British psychotherapist and author renowned for her profound insights into diet culture, body image, and gender issues. Her book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue' sparked widespread discussion in the 1980s, profoundly impacting contemporary diet culture.

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“Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.”

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“Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.”

Way Self Fats Denial Saying No Powerlessness Self-denial

Book:Fat is a Feminist Issue: The Anti-diet Guide for Women

Source: Fat is a Feminist Issue: The Anti-diet Guide for Women

“Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.”

Social Issues Disease Feminist Fats

Book:Fat is a Feminist Issue ...: How to Lose Weight Permanently - Without Dieting

Source: Fat is a Feminist Issue ...: How to Lose Weight Permanently - Without Dieting

“Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.”

People Culture Fats Landscape Visuals Slim Fat People

Author:Susie Orbach

“Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those with fat bodies - less worthy, less capable and less employable.”

People Ideas Body Healthy Capable Worthy Fats Insecure Healthy Body Insecure People

Author:Susie Orbach

About the Author

Born: November 6, 1946
Known for: Psychotherapist
Quotes: 53

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