Inclusive Excellence Campus Resource Guides

The Inclusive Excellence Campus Resource Guides exists to provide links to information and resources in order to assist students, parents, and family members in understanding and supporting the diverse student, faculty, and staff at the College for Creative Studies.

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DEI Lecture & Professional Development Series

Celebrating Diversity Blog

DEI Blog – The Pervasiveness of Sizeism

DEI Blog – The Pervasiveness of Sizeism

Known as sizeism, fatphobia, fat shaming, or weight stigma, this pervasive form of bias involves discriminating against people because of their body size. According to psychologist Rebecca Puhl, PhD, “Sizeism is one of the most deeply entrenched stigmas in today’s society, partly because of sociocultural ideals tying thinness to core American values such as hard work and individualism.”1 Because this form of bias is often directed towards women and others with marginalized identities, including people of color and those in the LGBTQ+ community, sizeism is an intersectional issue.