“Beyond the Veil” Episode 52: “Chapter 4 – A Cheese Tangent”

Join hosts Madison and Rebecca for a discussion on the fourth chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, “The Keeper of the Keys.”

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions of fat-shaming and eating disorders.

On this episode, we discuss…

→Good news – Hagrid’s here!

→Righteous anger

→Sausages and Miracle-Gro

→Chain of custody

→Accio Fandom: The Gayly Prophet Episode 18 and Hagrid as a trans woman

→Fat-shaming: a diatribe 

→Dudley needs therapy

→The pureness of Hagrid

→This week’s relevant tangent: fancy cheese and Rugrats in Paris

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Ashbach, Heather. “Where Does Fat Phobia Come From?” University of California, 16 Aug. 2019, www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/fat-phobia.

Discovery Contributor. “Boys with Eating Disorders May Face Greater Risk of Suicide.” Center for Discovery, 22 Oct. 2019, centerfordiscovery.com/blog/boys-with-eating-disorders/.

Seruya, Ashely. “The Impact of Weight Stigma on Our Mental Health.” Center for Discovery, 18 Dec. 2019, centerfordiscovery.com/blog/the-impact-of-weight-stigma-on-our-mental-health/.

Strings, Sabrina. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. New York University Press, 2019.

Thomas, Laura. Just Eat It: How Intuitive Eating Can Help You Get Your Shit Together Around Food. Bluebird, 2019.