• Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on the Anti Fat People Principles at the Core of America

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    In this episode, Andrew talks to Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, author of Big Girl, about whether the American Republic was founded on anti-fat people principles.

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    A native of Harlem, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan is the author of Blue Talk and Love, winner of the Judith A. Markowitz Award from Lambda Literary. She is an associate professor of English at Georgetown University and lives in Washington, DC.


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