DCC 32: Crystal Kotow

Dress Code Cracker: the podcast -- style and communication

English - March 08, 2016 13:00 - 54 minutes - 62.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Previous Episode: DCC 31: Jenna Danchuk "New Age Vamp"

Next Episode: DCC 33: Femme Space Amanda Arkansassy Harris

Crystal is a fat activist who moved from fashion blogging to tackling more contested spaces in fat feminist thought: cultural hatred of fat bodies; and how fatphobia can manifest as violence in intimate partner relationships. She's in her second year of a PhD gender, feminist and women's studies.

One of many nice things about Crystal is she seems to look pulled together effortlessly....which belies her thoughtful and reflexive approach to fashion, fatshion, getting dressed and fat activism, and how all these things intersect. She questions and challenges not just the status quo, but also her own belief systems.

Crystal was excited about Charlotte Cooper's Fat Activism: A Radical Soc ial Movement --which is out now!

Please go to www.dresscodecracker.com for more information and photos of Crystal.

I can be reached at sarah [at] dresscodecracker.com --feedback, comments, and recommendations for future episodes all very welcome!

Thanks for listening.