ABSTRACT

Woodman deals with issues around anger, food, and eating as complexes in themselves. I am not sure that I believe they are significantly different for fat people than for average or slender people. But I would be remiss if I did not also engage them as they are very much a part of beliefs in the larger culture about how fat comes about. It is in these areas that she is most a part of mainstream thinking about fat. I quote Woodman but her words could equally well have been written or said by many people writing about obesity and eating behavior.