When Montclair State University student and staff member Stephanie Spitz encountered classroom furniture that couldn’t accommodate a larger student’s body, it sparked a graduate research project addressing weight-based discrimination. Now, her work is driving meaningful change in higher education.
“Anti-fat bias has surpassed discrimination based on race and gender and sexuality, so it’s the most prevalent form of discrimination out there,” Spitz says. Yet, “there are no legal protections for fat people.” . . .
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