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You've definitely seen it, but you might not have picked up on it: anti-fatness is everywhere in far-right politics. Unfortunately, there's been very little focus on why that is.
🧵Let's talk about it and start a conversation.🧵
🧵Let's talk about it and start a conversation.🧵
One of my goals with #OHREP has been to look at communities targeted by hate which are too often ignored by researchers in our field. The targeting of fat people very much falls within that focus. It's puzzling, because anti-fatness is actually... very prominent in these spaces.
To give you an idea, our team has collected and analyzed over 2900 memes. Of these, a bit over 30 - or about 1% - directly targeted fat people. Most often, that's done through dehumanizing depictions.
Fat people are depicted as less than human, and their bullying as justified.
Fat people are depicted as less than human, and their bullying as justified.
I've been teasing this for months, and it's finally here!
As of this morning, our #OHREP website Hatepedia.ca is finally live. We've been working hard for months (and will keep working hard) to build it into an important resource in the fight against hate in Canada.
As of this morning, our #OHREP website Hatepedia.ca is finally live. We've been working hard for months (and will keep working hard) to build it into an important resource in the fight against hate in Canada.
On Hatepedia, you'll find a few tools we've created to help people make sense of online hate. Most importantly, you'll find a list of symbols used to promote hate on-(and off)line in Canada.
All symbols were found in actual hateful memes, posted on major social media platforms.
All symbols were found in actual hateful memes, posted on major social media platforms.
This list includes ones you know about, like the Nazi swastika. It also includes ones you might not have known about, like the Black Sun.
It also includes symbols you weren't aware are hateful, because they've been co-opted by hate movements, like Pit Viper sunglasses.
It also includes symbols you weren't aware are hateful, because they've been co-opted by hate movements, like Pit Viper sunglasses.
