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YoungGiftedandFat: Body Politics

Join Sharrell D. Luckett, author of YoungGiftedandFat, and Joan Jacobs Brumberg, social historian and author of The Body Project, as they talk about fat, race, sexuality and female power including the #metoo and #timesup movements.

Hear about Sharrell’s 100lb weight loss journey and the unfulfilled expectation of happiness and discover how increased self-scrutiny, born in the 20th century, resulted in a push for physical perfection and new “body projects” in the 21st.











When: Tue., Jun. 12, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $29
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Join Sharrell D. Luckett, author of YoungGiftedandFat, and Joan Jacobs Brumberg, social historian and author of The Body Project, as they talk about fat, race, sexuality and female power including the #metoo and #timesup movements.

Hear about Sharrell’s 100lb weight loss journey and the unfulfilled expectation of happiness and discover how increased self-scrutiny, born in the 20th century, resulted in a push for physical perfection and new “body projects” in the 21st.

Buy tickets/get more info now