Adventures in Fat Studies

Williams College biology professor Luana Maroja attended two college-sponsored events on the topic of the hottest new addition to Cultural Marxism — fat studies — and reported back on what she observed via Heterodox STEM.

Regarding the first one:

The event opened with identity: the speaker stated that she identified as “fat, white, and used they/them pronouns.” I learned that “obese,” “BMI,” and “weight” are seen as pejorative terms that should never be used. She added that it was bigoted to suggest that obesity is mainly a lower-socioeconomic-class issue tied to the inability to afford healthy food. This view, we were told, wrongly assumes that the foods fat people eat are unhealthy and that being fat is bad.

Per moonbattery, being fat is not bad, no matter how many years it takes off your life. Saying that it is bad is bad.

Body mass index (BMI), she said, was invented to discriminate against fat people, and its origins lie in capitalism. White people were blamed for creating the notion that “whites are thin” as a way of oppressing black people. Medicine was described as another culprit: there is no such thing, we were told, as a “healthy diet.” Instead, “a healthy diet is what you like to eat.” Further, children were described as having an innate ability to sense how much food and what kind of food they need.

Subsisting on a diet of Ho Hos and Lucky Charms is perfectly healthy. To suggest otherwise is to commit the thought crime of fatphobia.

The speaker reminds us that Cultural Marxism is intersectional, barking:

“Whenever we are talking about anti-fatness, we are also talking about white supremacy.”

The other event showed just how intersectional:

It was billed as “A conversation on Blackness, Queerness, Gender, Fatness, Disabilities and Their Intersections.” …

Because the content was somewhat disjointed, I will share some direct quotes. We were told that “fatness was invented to prepare individuals for war by the Nazis” (though the speaker later added that it was invented by the slave trade). “Body fascism is now practiced in France, USA, Israel and Britain.” “The ideal body is militarized to displace and violate black people.” “Fat fascism is about the subjugation of the slave and slave-adjacent (Palestinians).” “The Jewish body is imposed on Palestinians by starvation and the denial of junk food [which is the kind of food they would like to eat].” “This subjugation did not begin with Trump; it began with democracy and those elected to represent society.” Michelle Obama’s healthy-lunch initiatives were cited as a pre-Trump example. “Fatphobia is the making of the slave.” “Fatness has been projected onto African flesh.” “You are not men or women; you are just fat or thin in a ship hold” (referring to slave ships). “After Nazis, COVID, HIV, [and] slaves, one must prove they are fit and not crippled—this is how ableism started.” “Nationalists don’t believe cripples have the right to exist.”

Et cetera.

This lunacy is not limited to fatuous liberal arts pursuits:

Editor’s note: As documented in these pages, this postmodern nonsense has spread into STEMM [Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine]. For example, the Inclusivity Style Guide of the American Chemical Society asks authors to avoid such phrases as “people affected by obesity,” “obesity is a public health crisis,” and “healthy-weight participants were more likely to experience this effect than the participants at an unhealthy weight.” A pamphlet published by the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health claims that public health anti-obesity campaigns are an example of “fatphobia,” that public health’s “focus on body size is rooted in racism,” that “higher weight is not causal to worse health outcomes,” and that “focusing on weight ignores systematic injustices.” And then people are surprised by the loss of public trust in science and academia…

Again we see that progressives have nothing but contempt for our well-being or for factual reality, and that anything they infiltrate they subvert and reduce to farce.

On a tip from R F. Hat tip: Frontpage Magazine.

Black Psychos Released on Racial Basis in UK

Thank moonbattery for an unnecessary number of black psychopaths wreaking havoc on British streets.

From The Telegraph via Yahoo:

Nine current and former NHS psychiatrists reported being encouraged to limit the number of black patients they section [i.e., keep the public safe from] under the Mental Health Act to avoid them being over-represented.

Black people are 3.5 times more likely to be detained by mental health services than white people.

That is because they are more likely to be psychotic. Reasons for this could include absent fathers, heavy recreational drug use, and possibly biological factors. But according to the ideology of the British ruling class, there can be only one reason for inequity: racism.

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission, which was consulted on the 2025 Mental Health Act, said NHS trusts should be required to provide a “comprehensive action plan if they cannot demonstrate a year-on-year reduction in disproportionate detention rates experienced by ethnic minority groups, particularly black people”.

Equity quotas for psychos not only deprive them of the care they need but put the public at risk:

The issue of race and sectioning has come under intense scrutiny during the Nottingham Inquiry into Valdo Calocane’s killing of students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both aged 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in June 2023.

Calocane, a paranoid schizophrenic, had repeatedly refused medication but was not sectioned, after a previous violent incident, by mental health workers who cited the “over-representation of black men” in custody.

You can’t make an equity omelet without breaking a few eggs.

On a tip from R F.

Taxpayers Finance Critical Race Theory Church

Thanks to coercive wealth transfer, selling hatred of white people to white people is a sound business. The New York Post reports that the Roots 101 African-American Museum in Louisville has hit paydirt:

A Kentucky black history museum known for “shackling” patrons and posting “white guilt” videos is expected to receive a $1 million grant from the local city government.

Roots 101 is actually not a museum but a church. The faith is moonbattery; the denomination is Critical Race Theory, according to which the universe revolves around black self-pity and the alleged wickedness of Caucasians.

The church offers services, which feature CEO Lamont Collins putting antique shackles on the wrists of visitors:

Posts online shows Collins “shackling” several different people – including local Councilman Ken Herndon.

One video, where an older white lady was “shackled,” quickly went viral.

The ceremony sent her into an ecstasy of racial self-abasement:

The woman becomes emotionally distraught immediately after having the shackles dropped onto her wrists – and then launches into a bizarre ramble about white guilt.

Let’s pay a visit, to learn what taxpayers are financing:

This is not healthy.

On a tip from Franco.

DEI Showcased Again at Latest Trump Assassination Attempt

As we learned watching the Secret Service’s Three Stoogettes following an earlier assassination attempt on Trump, not all jobs are appropriate for either gender. Law enforcement/security is an obvious example. Watch the reaction of female officers as Cole Allen storms through with a shotgun intent on killing Trump:

Enough with the DEI already. People are going to get hurt.

On a tip from Wiggins.

Historic Sheriff Indicted Following Jailbreak

When it comes to Orleans Parish Sheriffs, no one tops Susan Hutson for historicness. Of those who have held the position, she is not only the first woman but the first black woman and also the first black woman to be indicted following a New Orleans jailbreak.

The New York Post reports:

The 30-count indictment handed up by a New Orleans grand jury charges Hutson with malfeasance, obstruction of justice and falsifying public records.

According to Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill,

“While Sheriff Hutson did not personally open the doors of the jail for the escapees, her refusal to comply with basic legal requirements and to take even minimal precautions in the discharge of her duties directly contributed to and enabled the escape.”

Ten inmates got loose, leaving behind the message, “To Easy LoL.” Up in Chicago, Brandon Johnson no doubt smiled upon this evidence that we cannot incarcerate our way to public safety.

Bianka Brown, the chief financial officer of the sheriff’s office, was also indicted on 20 similar charges.

Bianka looks pretty historic too.

Now if only they would start holding judges responsible for the chaos they cause.

On a tip from abcanc.

DEI Dunce Fired From Cincinnati Police Chief Post

It doesn’t happen often, but we have good news from moonbattery-addled Cincinnati. Via Fox News:

Cincinnati’s now-former police chief, once sued by subordinates for alleged discrimination against White male officers, has been fired.

A termination announcement says Teresa Theetge was “begged” to put more officers on the streets during a crime-riddled summer last year.

The crime has featured black mobs pummeling disfavored Caucasians in the streets, secure in the knowledge that they have the tacit if not explicit approval of the liberals in charge.

In May of last year, four White male officers filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Theetge, who was the city’s first female police chief, saying that they were passed over for promotions and passed over for preferred assignments because of their race and/or sex.

If Theetge is replaced by a still more unqualified Woman of Color, at least there will be some poetic justice.

Looks like this stern message from Chief Theetge was ineffective:

Her lawyer Stephen Imm remains defiant. Via WLWT:

“We will get justice for Terri Theetge, and those responsible for this disgusting act will be held accountable.”

The “disgusting act” was throwing Theetge overboard.

On a tip from Wiggins.

Video Depicts DEI Applied to Law Enforcement

Maybe DEI can produce full employment in New York. Physical qualifications having been rejected, three NYPD officers are now required for even a failed attempt to arrest one of the savages running amok in the subway system. Presenting the Tremont Avenue station in the Bronx:

As Samantha Chang observes at the Western Journal,

The viral clip spotlights several disturbing themes underscoring the disastrous impact of left-wing social re-engineering agendas.

First, criminals no longer fear or respect law enforcement, which means there’s no deterrent to crime.

Second, many New York City officers are physically unfit to do their jobs. …

This is especially true of female cops, who’ve been hired en masse due to the Democrats’ DEI fetish, which has slashed standards amid leftist complaints that the fitness tests prevented women from being hired.

Liberals tried defunding the police, but public opinion forced them to retreat. Reducing the police to a laughingstock through DEI might achieve the same objective.

On a tip from abcanc.

White Kids Excluded From Cross-Country Cultural Marxist Field Trip

With public schools under the control of Cultural Marxists, the only time white kids don’t go to the back of the bus is when they are not even allowed on the bus.

Daily Caller reports from California:

Albany Unified School District (AUSD) hosted [a] trip to Virginia for “young men and women of color” to visit Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and discuss issues such as “social justice,” according to documents obtained by parental rights group Defending Education (DE) and shared exclusively with the Daily Caller News Foundation. The trip was approved by the board of education and cost the district $42,845.

If Critical Race Theory is the study of hating whites, “social justice” is its application.

You can see why educrats would not want white kids to participate. Word might get back to parents regarding the race hate being instilled in children by the extravagantly expensive public schools we are forced to finance.

The district maintains several other programs geared specifically toward non-white students and staff, documents show.

For example,

AUSD’s 2025-2026 Local Control and Accountability Plan names “Young Men of Color and Young Women of Color Programs” that aim to “provide social emotional supports to most underserved students.” The programs are part of a $1,257,234 “social emotional/mental health” support effort.

“Underserved” is Liberalese for “favored.” Needless to say, white kids are not “underserved” in public schools.

The same plan details the district’s intention to provide staff with “professional development” programs centered on “culturally responsive/anti-racist pedagogy.”

“Antiracist” is Liberalese for “racist against whites.”

Another discovered document confirms that whites are systematically discriminated against in the hiring of teachers.

Public schools have been subverted. Their current purpose is not to educate but to tear apart American society using the crowbar of Cultural Marxism, a tool of demolition by which identity groups are indoctrinated in grievance and then arrayed against the core population.

On a tip from Franco.