Breanne Fahs is a professor of Women and Gender Studies and Social and Cultural Analysis at Arizona State University. She has published widely on feminism, women' sexuality, critical body studies, and political activism amongst other topics. She has a B.A. in women's studies/gender studies and psychology from Occidental College and a Ph.D. in women's studies and clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. She is the author of six books, including Performing Sex, Valerie Solanas, Out for Blood, Firebrand Feminism, Unshaved, and Women, Sex, and Madness. She has also edited or coedited five books including The Moral Panics of Sexuality, Transforming Contagion, The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education, and Burn It Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution, which was a New York Times notable book. Her work has appeared in Signs, Gender & Society, Feminism & Psychology, the Boston Review, Dissent, and the Paris Review. Her next book, Fat and Furious: Igniting Radical Fat Resistance, is coming out this August with Beacon Press, and is about the necessity of rage as transformational to the emotional, structural, and political dimensions of fatness. She is currently working on her new book, Turn Off Capitalism, about the problematic infiltration of capitalistic logics into people's sexual lives. She is the founder and director of the Feminist Research on Gender and Sexuality Group at Arizona State University and a practicing clinical psychologist with over twenty years of clinical experience.
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"Breanne Fahs has masterfully tapped into the power of emotion and its role in structuring fatphobia. This book made me feel seen, empowered, and, most importantly, furious for the change needed for fat future. If you are feeling lost, overwhelmed by the barrage of fat hatred, or looking for some direction, this book is for you!"--Caleb Luna, author of REVENGE BODY
“It's impossible to imagine anyone reading this book without taking on the much-needed fury that the title suggests. An unflinching, thorough, and urgent examination of one of our culture's most toxic social issues.”--Virgie Tovar, author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat
“Fahs refuses the tired claim that ‘too much’ is ‘less than.’ The way forward is not rooted in chirpy body positivity but by boldly facing the facts and feeling the fury. This book is the unapologetic guttural call to claim the space we deserve.” --Chris Bobel, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, UMass Boston
“This book is Fahs's magnificent octopus—by which I mean her magnum opus, but with fabulously functional intersectional tentacles, shimmeringly smart shape-shifting, and possessing insight and abilities we can only begin to fathom for fueling a more just world. Engaging and beautifully written, Fat and Furious will deeply enrich readers’ understanding of not only of fatness but of difference and solidarity.”--Kimberly Dark, author of Fat, Pretty and Soon to Be Old
“It's impossible to imagine anyone reading this book without taking on the much-needed fury that the title suggests. An unflinching, thorough, and urgent examination of one of our culture's most toxic social issues.”--Virgie Tovar, author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat
“Fahs refuses the tired claim that ‘too much’ is ‘less than.’ The way forward is not rooted in chirpy body positivity but by boldly facing the facts and feeling the fury. This book is the unapologetic guttural call to claim the space we deserve.” --Chris Bobel, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, UMass Boston
“This book is Fahs's magnificent octopus—by which I mean her magnum opus, but with fabulously functional intersectional tentacles, shimmeringly smart shape-shifting, and possessing insight and abilities we can only begin to fathom for fueling a more just world. Engaging and beautifully written, Fat and Furious will deeply enrich readers’ understanding of not only of fatness but of difference and solidarity.”--Kimberly Dark, author of Fat, Pretty and Soon to Be Old
