Join Spark Your Health in honor of International Women’s Day for a timely discussion with authors Kate Manne and Kara Alaimo who will be discussing the influence of social media on the lives of women and girls, as well as a radical reevaluation of how body image impacts all facets of our lives and how we can remake the world to accommodate people of every size.
Both professors who are deeply passionate about these topics, so this is a conversation that will support families, teachers, and all those curious to learn about the on-going battles and victories that come along with the use of social media at young ages and the unwavering body image demands and images placed upon us that have far-reaching consequences. The good news is that Kate and Kara bring to the table an arsenal of solutions to support our understanding and growth in these areas.
Kara Alaimo’s book, Over the Influence, looks at how social media is affecting the lives of women and girls and what we can do about it. Kate Manne’s book, Unshrinking, is the definitive takedown of fatphobia, drawing on personal experience as well as rigorous research to expose how size discrimination harms everyone, and how to combat it.
Learn more about Unshrinking by Kate Manne which releases on January 9, 2024.
Learn more about Over the Influence by Kara Alaimo which releases on March 5, 2024.
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Kara Alaimo, PhD is the author of Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls – And How We Can Take It Back. She is an Associate Professor of Communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and has been writing for CNN Opinion about the social impact of social media and issues affecting women since 2016 …
Kara Alaimo, PhD is the author of Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls – And How We Can Take It Back. She is an Associate Professor of Communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and has been writing for CNN Opinion about the social impact of social media and issues affecting women since 2016. Kara is also a former spokesperson in the Obama administration and former communicator at the United Nations. She lives in New Jersey with her family. For more information, visit www.karaalaimo.com
Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University, having previously been a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. She works in moral, social, and feminist philosophy. In addition to academic journals, her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine (The Cut), The Times Literary Supplement, The Huffington Post, CNN …
Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University, having previously been a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. She works in moral, social, and feminist philosophy. In addition to academic journals, her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine (The Cut), The Times Literary Supplement, The Huffington Post, CNN, Politico, The Washington Post, and The Boston Review. Kate is also the author of Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, and her third book, Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia, will be out in January 2024. http://www.katemanne.net
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